CAROLINE SPREITZENBART
Follow my work as a cinematographer and visual storyteller. Caroline Spreitzenbart
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Follow my work as a cinematographer and visual storyteller. Caroline Spreitzenbart
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No sound. Plays independently.
FILMS
ANYONE CAN SAY I, BUT WHO SAYS WE?
︎ 19 minutes
Austria
Documentary
2022




At the Senior Class of a New Middleschool in Lower Austria, currently the topic of democracy has been dealt with. Although the pupils have been divided into two groups due to the Corona pandemic, they should learn how to make decisions collectively as part of a class council. At the same time in a different location, covered chandeliers and offices wrapped in tarpaulins hint at the state of an abandoned pomp building.
While empty meeting rooms and old lecterns are being renovated in the Austrian parliament building, the pupils find themselves in the new roles of their everyday school-life.
What processes and conflicts are the young people confronted with, at a time when life as a class community is being put to the test?
What processes and conflicts are the young people confronted with, at a time when life as a class community is being put to the test?
Written and directed by Katharina Rabl
Cinematography by Caroline Spreitzenbart
Editing by Maria Lisa Pichler
Original Sound by David Almeida Ribeiro
Sounddesign by Cornelia Böhm
Production Manager Fanny Rösch
Color Grading by Louis Dickhaut and Caroline Spreitzenbart
Produced by Katharina Rabl and Rebecca Zehr
1.33:1 Aspect Ratio
A production of taro films in cooperation with University for Television and Film Munich.
© 2022
Cinematography by Caroline Spreitzenbart
Editing by Maria Lisa Pichler
Original Sound by David Almeida Ribeiro
Sounddesign by Cornelia Böhm
Production Manager Fanny Rösch
Color Grading by Louis Dickhaut and Caroline Spreitzenbart
Produced by Katharina Rabl and Rebecca Zehr
1.33:1 Aspect Ratio
A production of taro films in cooperation with University for Television and Film Munich.
© 2022
CONFESSIONS OF REPUBLICANS
︎ 23:30 minutes
USA, Pennsylvania
Documentary
2020




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In order to vote in the U.S. presidential election, citizens must first register on the regional voter registry. Convinced of Trump’s re-election, Republicans are preparing for November 3, 2020. Conservative activist Scott Presler is helping with the registration of new voter groups. With his slogan “I’m Gay. Democrats don’t own me” he makes his audience cheer.
Atmospherically, the film draws a picture of tension in a polarized country. Before the crucial presidential election and the all-changing COVID 19 pandemic.
Atmospherically, the film draws a picture of tension in a polarized country. Before the crucial presidential election and the all-changing COVID 19 pandemic.
Writer, director, editor and cinematographer: Caroline Spreitzenbart
Audio, production assistant: Denise Riedmayr
Producer on location: Stefan Simons
Product manager:
Prof. Claus Richter
Project supervisor: Madeleine Müller
Color Grading: Claudia Fuchs
1.77:1 Aspect Ratio
A production of HFF Munich.
© HFF 2020
Audio, production assistant: Denise Riedmayr
Producer on location: Stefan Simons
Product manager:
Prof. Claus Richter
Project supervisor: Madeleine Müller
Color Grading: Claudia Fuchs
1.77:1 Aspect Ratio
A production of HFF Munich.
© HFF 2020
I TEACH MY KIDS LOVE
︎ 18:30 minutes
USA, West Virginia
Documentary
2020




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Every 15 minutes in the USA, a child is born after a prenatal exposure to opioids. The same-sex spouses Louisa and Nikki have adopted eight children from families with severe pain pill abuse. Their goal is to break the existing family cycles and to enable their adoptive children to grow up protected from the drug crisis.
Written, directed and edited by Denise Riedmayr
Cinematography by Caroline Spreitzenbart
Producer on location: Stefan Simons
Product manager: Prof. Claus Richter
Project supervisor: Madeleine Müller
Color Grading: Claudia Fuchs
1.77:1 Aspect Ratio
A production of HFF Munich.
© HFF 2020
Cinematography by Caroline Spreitzenbart
Producer on location: Stefan Simons
Product manager: Prof. Claus Richter
Project supervisor: Madeleine Müller
Color Grading: Claudia Fuchs
1.77:1 Aspect Ratio
A production of HFF Munich.
© HFF 2020
ARS MORIENDI OR THE ART OF LIVING





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Rosemarie Achenbach is 93 years old. Time and again, she has found the strength to liberate herself: During World War II, she was trapped under rubble following an aerial bombardment, but survived. As a pastor’s wife, she was trapped by the expectations of patriarchal post-War society. After her husband’s death, she took her life into her own two hands. She concluded her degree in philosophy and today she is writing her doctorate. She is writing about death, because “I am old enough for it”.
“ars moriendi – the art of living” is both the portrait of a woman and the portrait of a century now past.
“ars moriendi – the art of living” is both the portrait of a woman and the portrait of a century now past.
Written by Kristina Schranz and Caroline Spreitzenbart
Directed by Kristina Schranz
Cinematography by Caroline Spreitzenbart
Editing: Gaby Kull-Neujahr (bfs)
Audio: Kristina Schranz
Art: Ismaël Sanou
Producer: Marie Freund
Color Grading: Jürgen Pertack
2.39:1 Aspect Ratio
A documentary by Kristina Schranz and Caroline Spreitzenbart.
A production of HFF Munich. © HFF 2018
Directed by Kristina Schranz
Cinematography by Caroline Spreitzenbart
Editing: Gaby Kull-Neujahr (bfs)
Audio: Kristina Schranz
Art: Ismaël Sanou
Producer: Marie Freund
Color Grading: Jürgen Pertack
2.39:1 Aspect Ratio
A documentary by Kristina Schranz and Caroline Spreitzenbart.
A production of HFF Munich. © HFF 2018
SPIELFELD
︎ 27 minutes
Austria
Documentary
2017




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In the winter of 2015, more than one hundred thousand refugees cross Spielfeld on the Austrian-Slovenian border without being patrolled. In response, the government presents its “modern border management system” to the media. But since the Balkan route has been closed, no refugees have been able to reach Spielfeld. What remains are deserted tents, a broken fence in the forest and the people of the village. How do they deal with the fact that their thousand-people village has become a “playing field” for helpless refugee policy in Europe?
Written and directed by Kristina Schranz
Co-directed and Cinematography by Caroline Spreitzenbart
Editing: Sophie Oldenbourg (bfs)
Audio: Marie Freund, Kristina Schranz, Julia Weidner, Carina Bethmann
Co-writer: Carina Bethmann
Consulting Dramaturgy: Julia Weidner
Consulting Editing: Vera Drude, Ulrike Tortora
Art: Ismaël Sanou
Creative Producer: Marie Freund
Color Grading: Claudia Fuchs
1.77:1 Aspect Ratio
A documentary by Kristina Schranz and Caroline Spreitzenbart.
A production of HFF Munich. © HFF 2017
Co-directed and Cinematography by Caroline Spreitzenbart
Editing: Sophie Oldenbourg (bfs)
Audio: Marie Freund, Kristina Schranz, Julia Weidner, Carina Bethmann
Co-writer: Carina Bethmann
Consulting Dramaturgy: Julia Weidner
Consulting Editing: Vera Drude, Ulrike Tortora
Art: Ismaël Sanou
Creative Producer: Marie Freund
Color Grading: Claudia Fuchs
1.77:1 Aspect Ratio
A documentary by Kristina Schranz and Caroline Spreitzenbart.
A production of HFF Munich. © HFF 2017
No sound. Plays independently.
UPCOMING PROJECTS (Selection)
Late 2023 Mexico
Late 2023 Germany
Early 2023 Germany
Documentary
In collaboration with Edgar Jesús Martínez Chávez, Jorge Luis Linares, Nubia Saldaña, Berenice Fernández and more.
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In collaboration with Edgar Jesús Martínez Chávez, Jorge Luis Linares, Nubia Saldaña, Berenice Fernández and more.

Fiction
In collaboration with Wouter Wirth, Romina Ecker and Schmidbauer Film and more.
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In collaboration with Wouter Wirth, Romina Ecker and Schmidbauer Film and more.


Docufiction
In collaboration with Julia Fuhr Mann, Melissa Byrne, Schuldenberg Films, Arri Rental, Pharos and more.


No sound. Plays independently.