To mark 45 years of Filmwerkstatt Münster and 50 years of Duisburger Filmwoche, we cordially invite you to a joint discussion with Horst Herz, Rainer Komers and Filippa Bauer (moderated by Katharina Schröder) – two anniversaries, two institutions linked by a shared history in auteur documentary film
Sunday, 03.05., at 11 am in the Schloßtheater, Münster
Participation is free of charge. Cinema ticket here (required)
In co-operation with the Duisburger Filmwoche, the filmclub münster will then show three documentary films entitled “Text in Szene”, which move on the border between literature and reality, memory and fiction.
B for Bartleby
Sunday, 03.05 | 13:00 | Castle Theatre
In her award-winning documentary film, Angela Summereder combines Melville’s historical text with the present day. With introduction and moderation by the director of the Duisburg Film Week, Alexander Scholz, followed by a film discussion with the director Angela Summereder

The dreamers
Monday,. 04.05.2026 | 19:00 | Schloßtheater
Ruth Beckermann’s film is based on the almost 20-year correspondence between the poet Ingeborg Bachmann and the poet Paul Celan. This will be followed by a film discussion with Kai Sina (University of Münster), moderated by Frida Horstmann.

Le Beau Danger
Wednesday, 06.05.| 19:00 | Schloßtheater
René Frölke’s film consists of fragments with vague connections; it does not paint a coherent portrait of the Romanian writer Norman Manea. The subsequent discussion with director René Frölke will be moderated by Alexander Scholz.

