photo by (c) Marie Sjoevold www.mariesjovold.no
BerlinSong is a story about six musicians from Berlin's vibrant new folk underground music scene. They came to Berlin from the US, Norway, the Netherlands and Australia and somehow made the city their home. Filmmaker Uli M Schueppel made the artists show him what their very own place in Berlin is and asked each of them to write a song about the city. These reflections and projections on Berlin (or specifically Kreuzberg) merge with the writing process of the songs, recording in the studio and the preparation for a concert with all artists in the club "West Germany". BerlinSong is a poetic portrait of these musicians and at the same time, an atmospheric journey into the myth that is Berlin.
Read the
Berlinale catalogue sheet (pdf) 
Biography/Filmography Uli M Schueppel
Uli M Schueppel’s
first feature film "Nihil" (1987) premiered at
the Hof Film Days in 1988 and won, among others, the
Special Jury Award in Montreal (1988) and the 2nd Nino
Rota Prize in Trento (1989). He graduated from the Film
Academy (dffb) in 1990 with the film "The Road To
God Knows Where", a documentary about Nick Cave
& The Bad Seeds. His next feature film,
"Vaterland" (1992), won the OCIC-Award in 1993.
His documentaries, essay-films and music films also
received recognition at countless international film
festivals (Berlin, Rotterdam, Montreal, Edinburgh, New
York, Leipzig, etc): "Frozen Stories (Jahre der
Kälte)" (1994); "Sid&Nancy -
Ex&Pop" (1996); "The Place" (Berlinale
1997); "Santos – Heroic Deeds No One
Needs" (2005).
With the feature film "planet alex" (2000)
Schüppel combined, in a rather unusual manner, his
experience from music clips, documentary essays and
feature films (Rotterdam (competition); Sochi
(competition); Sarajevo (New Currents); Golden
Horse,Taipeh, etc.). He is also known for his
Berlinale-Opener/Trailer (Int. Filmfestival Berlin since
2002).
www.schueppel-films.de
Cast & Crew
Musicians
Elisabeth Wood (Fancie)
Einar Stenseng
Kat Frankie
Josepha & Philipp Conrad (Crazy for Jane)
Tommy Simatupang
Nathan Vanderpool
Concert Managers
Jan Junker
Sebastian Hoffmann
Club Managers
John Fitzgerald
Paul Carlin
Studio
Phil Freeborn
Script, Camera,
Directed & Edited by
Uli M
Schueppel
Production Manager
Sebastian Hoffmann
Sound & Sound
Design
Martin Frühmorgen
Additional Camera
& Light
Cornelius Plache
Pebba Meissner
Photos
Marie
Sjoevold
Production
schueppel-films 2007