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Grit Lemke

グリット・レムケ

Guritto Remuke

Profile

Gender
Female
Born
1965-00-00 （Spremberg (Niederlausitz)）
Nationality
Germany
Languages
German, Lower Sorbian
Residence History
Hoyerswerda → Leipzig → Berlin → Berlin / Hoyerswerda

Career

Occupations
Film director, Screenwriter, Author, Curator, Journalist
Active Years
1991-2024
Affiliations
DOK Leipzig, FilmFestival Cottbus, Filmfestivalbeirat der Stadt Wien
Memberships
AG DOK, Kulturfabrik Hoyerswerda e.V., Festivalarbeit Initiative / ver.di, Łužyca-Film
Nominations
Grimme-Preis 2020 nomination (Gundermann Revier)

Education

Universität Leipzig
Faculty of Humanities / Cultural Studies, Ethnology, Literary Studies
Country: Germany
Studied Cultural Studies, Ethnology, and Literary Studies
Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
European Ethnology
Degree: 博士号
Year of Graduation: 1999
Country: Germany
PhD as stipendiary of Hans-Böckler-Stiftung

Awards

Hans-Fallada-Preis
2024
Work: Kinder von Hoy. Freiheit, Glück und Terror
Organization: Stadt Neumünster
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Kinder von Hoy. Freiheit, Glück und Terror

2021 Documentary novel

Documentary novel about freedom, happiness, and terror in Hoyerswerda's children.

East GermanyIdentitySorbian culture

Unter hohen Himmeln. Das Universum Volker Koepp

2019 Biography

Book about documentary filmmaker Volker Koepp.

Documentary filmCulture

Wir waren hier, wir waren dort. Zur Kulturgeschichte des modernen Gesellenwanderns

2002 Cultural history

Cultural history of modern journeyman travels, PhD thesis.

EthnographyTravelLabor culture

Bibliography

  • Kinder von Hoy. Freiheit, Glück und Terror (Suhrkamp, 2021)
  • Unter hohen Himmeln. Das Universum Volker Koepp (Bertz + Fischer, 2019)
  • Wir waren hier, wir waren dort. Zur Kulturgeschichte des modernen Gesellenwanderns (Papyrossa, 2002)
  • Sorbische Filmlandschaften. Serbske filmowe krajiny (ed. with Andy Räder, Bertz + Fischer, 2024)

Style & Themes

Literary Style
Documentary styleEthnographic narrative
Recurring Motifs
East German memorySorbian cultureDocumentary

Legacy

Awarded Hans-Fallada-Preis for documentary literature and film on East Germany and Sorbian culture.

Trivia

  • Grew up in Hoyerswerda in a family with Sorbian roots, but learned Sorbian later.
  • Apprenticed as construction worker before university.
  • Long-time head of film program at DOK Leipzig.