The British Pathé Archive Award 2019 of the DOK.fest Munich goes to the project WHEN THE FOG LIFTS by Nancy Brandt and Ralf Kukula.

Jury statement:
"What can each of us do to counter the threat to democracy in Europe? How can we take a clear stance against the strengthening of politically right-wing currents? This phenomenon evokes unpleasant memories of a time in which Europe, in which Germany, found itself in a similar situation, can be described as a "threatened order". With their film project WHEN THE FOR LIFTS, Nancy Brandt and Ralf Kukula take up a theme that is highly relevant, both historically and today, which they want to present as an Animadoc by using an unusual narrative approach and rotoscopy technique. Martin Gauger, a young man from the late Weimar period and the author herself meet at different time levels. Using photographs as well as historical and contemporary archive films, the past and present are ingeniously interwoven. And there can't be enough archive material with everyday scenes for this. The jury believes in this very personal and committed film which Nancy Brandt presented convincingly."

Munich, 9th of May 2019
Jury: Andrea Bräu, Claudia Engelhardt, Dr. Kay Hoffmann, Simon Witter
The British Pathé Archive Award is an award for archive and compilation films worth 14,000 euros.

Photo: DOK.fest