André Krummel and Pablo Ben Yakov triggered a controversy with their student project “Lord Of The Toys” (2019): The documentary about an influencer clique that is successful with right-wing content that glorifies violence was criticized because it left the events uncommented – and allegedly offered the protagonists a platform.
The subject of her new film is also controversial: “Goldhammer – The Retired Whore” was recently shown at the Dok-Fest Munich, it is the portrait of a young man named Marcel Goldhammer. He was initially an actor, then he became a gay sex worker, converted to Judaism and ran in the 2021 federal election as a direct candidate for the AfD. The directors show it without comment at a screening in the monopoly cinema they answer the questions of their audience.
Goldhammer, D 2023, Director: André Krummel, Pablo Ben Yakov, Wed., May 31, 6.30 p.m., Monopol Kino, Schleißheimer Straße 127