Rosakinder

At first glance, the five directors seem to have nothing in common – they couldn’t be more different. Looking at their biographies, though, we find one name connecting them all: Rosa von Praunheim, probably Germany’s most uninhibited, provocative and honest director. To mark his 70th birthday, the Rosakinder, as they call themselves, created a tribute to Praunheim. They introduce themselves and their paths to film, and Rosa von Praunheim appears repeatedly at key stages in their lives and creative work.

Each of the directors has made their own short, very personal film about their relationship with Rosa. The result is a colorful collage of genres set within a documentary framework. Between equal measures of creativity, innovative drive, defiance, violence, provocation, insecurity and love, the teacher gradually becomes a father figure: a father with whom they sometimes argue so much that they want to fight him. But also, a father they call up when they actually want to be alone, not talking to anyone.