{"id":39095,"date":"2020-03-05T19:27:49","date_gmt":"2020-03-05T19:27:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ucm.one\/?page_id=39095"},"modified":"2023-08-04T22:28:15","modified_gmt":"2023-08-04T22:28:15","slug":"a-clear-felling","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ucm.one\/en\/a-clear-felling\/","title":{"rendered":"Kahlschlag | A Clear Felling” (2018) by Max Gleschinski | Artkeim\u00b2"},"content":{"rendered":"

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A Clear Felling | Kahlschlag<\/h1>\n

[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]With “Kahlschlag<\/strong>” (English title: “A Clear Felling<\/strong>“) UCM.ONE<\/strong><\/span> is bringing the new film by Max Gleschinski<\/strong> to German cinemas on the film label Artkeim\u00b2<\/strong>. “Kahlschlag” with Florian Bartholom\u00e4i<\/strong>, Bernhard Conrad<\/strong>, Maike Johanna Reuter<\/strong> and Jan ‘Monchi’ Gorkow<\/strong> is a top-class genre cinema from Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n

Synopsis<\/h3>\n

Martin and Eric grew up in a small village in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. They have been friends since they were little boys and met when they were fishing, and from then on went to the lake together every Sunday. But their friendship is also marked by rivalry, because on one of their trips together they also met Frenni, who both fell in love with. The three of them roamed the woods and fields as children and remained friends when they grew up and Frenni got together with Eric. The couple is inseparable and very much in love, and this great love and the friendship of the threesome is only repeatedly tested by the drunken attacks by Eric’s unpredictable, aggressive twin brother Basti.[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]One day, an incident occurs that shatters the three friends’ tranquil lives. Frenni then flees into the arms of Martin, who doesn’t ask any questions and gladly takes in his childhood love, albeit with a bad conscience towards his old friend.[\/vc_column_text][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/2″ css=”.vc_custom_1561290391124{border-right-width: -15px !important;}”][vc_single_image image=”39142″ img_size=”full”][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/2″][vc_single_image image=”39144″ img_size=”full”][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_column_text]Three years after the terrible events, Basti is dead and Martin lives with Frenni in a quiet family home on his parents’ farm. The contact to Eric has broken off completely. But one day, shortly after his brother’s funeral, Eric stands at their door and asks Martin to join him on a last trip together to the lake of their childhood days. Reluctantly and plagued by bad premonitions, Martin gets into Eric’s van at dawn. At first everything seems to be quite normal, the two men arrive at their old fishing spot and sit down at the lake with a beer. Eric begins to review the events of the past, but soon his tone changes and Martin begins to fear more and more for his life.[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n

A brutal game of cat and mouse takes its course, while Frenni, who has seen Martin get into Eric’s car, has a horrible premonition of what this fishing trip might lead to. Alarmed, she tries to get to the lake and prevent the worst…<\/p>\n

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About director Max Gleschinski<\/h3>\n

Max Gleschinski<\/strong> was born in 1993 and has been working as a freelance filmmaker since 2014. After completing a Bachelor of Arts (English Studies \/ Philosophy), eight short films and various music videos, he finalized his feature film debut “Kahlschlag<\/strong>” in 2018 without any participation by TV stations or a university. It won the \u201eF\u00f6rderpreis Neues Deutsches Kino<\/em><\/strong>\u201c at the Hof film festival<\/strong>. Max Gleschinski lives and works in his hometown Rostock.[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1581110095341{margin-top: -12px !important;padding-top: 15px !important;padding-right: 15px !important;padding-bottom: 15px !important;padding-left: 15px !important;background-color: #efefef !important;border-radius: 5px !important;}”]<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
1993<\/td>\nborn Rostock<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2012<\/td>\nA level in Rostock<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2013<\/td>\nInternship at Institut f\u00fcr neue Medien<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
seit 2014<\/td>\nfreelance Film Maker<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2015-2016<\/td>\nGuest lecturer at the Hochschule f\u00fcr Musik und Theater Rostock<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2017<\/td>\nBachelor of Arts (English\/American studies, Philosophy)<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2017<\/td>\nFounding of Von Anfang Anders Film production<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2018<\/td>\nWinner \u201eF\u00f6rderpreis Neues Deutsches Kino\u201c for \u201eKahlschlag\u201c<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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Director’s statement<\/h3>\n
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“Kahlschlag\u201c (english: Clear cutting) is clearing – a drastic decision, a deep blow, a short fall. The decades of growth and their violent conclusion find their natural image here. And our three protagonists are chasing after equally primeval and fundamental motives: They are longing for friendship and a home, they are fighting for love and ultimately for the most fundamental thing of all – mere survival.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

[\/vc_column_text][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/2″][vc_single_image image=”39122″ img_size=”full”][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/2″ css=”.vc_custom_1581030094864{margin-top: -6px !important;}”][vc_column_text]In “Kahlschlag” we wanted to bring these motifs together to create a \u201ecocktail\u201c of the kind we miss in German cinema: at its core a character-driven drama about love, loss, friendship and pain, the fa\u00e7ade a genre film, the kind we ourselves like to see flickering across the screens. The drama leads its protagonists deeper and deeper into the final consequences of a tragic chain of violent events.<\/em>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]In order not to get lost in genre conventions, it helped to understand life not only as a linear chain of events, but to accept it as a puzzle whose pieces are relevant across time. Without sticking to the true continuity of time, the lives of the characters in “Kahlschlag” continue to merge together. Thus the film becomes more and more complex despite the thrill and violence, while drama and genre go hand in hand.\u00a0<\/em>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_column_text]Past and present speak to each other. Old decisions and emotions reflect our dreams and longings in the here and now.<\/em>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]How much “Kahlschlag” tells about my home state Mecklenburg-Vorpommern I only became aware of when I saw the film in its entirety for the first time. People call it a \u201eHeimatfilm\u201c and find labels like “Mecklenburg Noir”. The fact that the painful journey of our characters is directly linked to their and therefore also to my home country gives me a deep insight into my fears and dreams. For a “Kahlschlag” is not only an act of violence, but also the place where it happens. A forest becomes a clearing. And in the same way, after the fall, this place also clears up and opens up the view.”<\/em>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/4″ css=”.vc_custom_1581030319933{margin-top: 15px !important;margin-bottom: 36px !important;background-color: #efefef !important;}”]