Tina von Traben
„Die letzte Saison“, 2005
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„Die letzte Saison”
The student teacher Daniel Weidner returns to his old school as a professor. Back there he meets his at the time admired latin teacher, who has completely changed and is disappointed in life.Even his parents don’t welcome him like he expected.
www.literatur-podcast.de offers classics of world literature such as The Castle by Kafka, Don Quichote or Casanova, as free downloads. Each week a ten-minute book sequence, read by professional actors, is published online and can be downloaded through RSS-Feed or directly from the website. Though this not-for-profit project is just in its start-up phase, it’s already had more than a million downloads. Tina von Traben co-founded this online-platform and is the artistic director. The literature podcast is free of charge & legal.
Vita
| 1973 | Born in Traben-Trarbach, Germany |
| 1993-1996 | Studies in philosophy and German, University of Trier |
| 2003-2005 | BA in film direction, ifs internationale filmschule köln |
Grants
| 2006 | foundation grant, City of Cologne, with Kiosk Film |
| 2007 | European script development program „Pygmalion Plus“, for „Pommes Essen“ |
| 2008 | Co-founder and art director of „www.literatur-podcast.de“, classical literature podcast |
Filmography (Selection)
| 2002 | No Limit Adventure Race [Documentation / Beta and DV / 2,45 min.] | |
| 2004 | Kurfrieden [shortfilm / S16mm / 15 min.], Short Cuts Cologne, Cologne Conference, Filmfest Emden, Rheinkultur, arte | |
| 2005 | Die letzte Saison [graduation film / S16mm / 20 min.], funded by Filmstiftung NRW; Publikumspreis Lünen, „Berlin and Beyond“ San Francisco, Filmfest Emden | |
| 2006 | Poldis Engel [shortfilm / HDV / 10 min.], City of Cologne’s World Cup contribution, aired on WDR, shown at Cinepänz Filmfest | |
| 2007 | Pommes Essen [feature film, pre-production, script with Rüdiger Bertram and Dagmar Niehage], script funded by Filmstiftung NRW |