Five for Munich: Gisela Schneeberger and Julian Nida-Rümelin get involved – Munich

Break tradition

Circumcision of girls is a brutal tradition in some regions of Africa. Children who suffer it are scarred for life. The Munich association Nala has been raising awareness about this for twelve years – with increasing success. According to the motto “Education instead of circumcision” he supports schools and kindergartens in Burkina Faso and Kenya and runs an agricultural project for women. Many families have already been persuaded to break with tradition, reports the Munich native Fadumo grain, who once had to suffer this fate herself. The former mayor traveled in January 2023 Christian Ude with the association to Burkina Faso to get an idea of ​​its work for yourself. He reported after his return that he was touched by the courage of the girls and women who resisted tradition and went to the villages as ambassadors of enlightenment. And he had great conversations with some “old wise men” who had surprisingly modern views.

Also Gisela Schneeberger This courage is impressive, which is why she appears together with Ude, the actors Helmut Dauner and Michael Schwarzmaier, the classical guitarist Radmila Besic, the first viola player of the Bavarian State Opera, Dietrich Cramer, and surprise guests at the benefit evening for Nala on Tuesday, February 6th. in the Fraunhofer Theater. According to the organizers, it should be a cheerful, musical and somewhat thoughtful evening. The artists waive a fee and all proceeds go to projects in Burkina Faso. Ticket reservation at [email protected].

impart knowledge

In order to become more visible, German academic libraries have just launched a campaign. The initiative comes from the German Library Association (DBV) and is supported by, among others, the Bavarian State Library. The DBV was also able to recruit renowned scientists, such as the former politician and LMU chair holder Julian Nida-Rümelin. His slogan in the campaign is: “We need academic libraries in Germany because they are indispensable as an infrastructure of world knowledge and as cultural heritage.”

endure cold

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Marie Nasemann (34) can benefit as an actress from her experience as a model and from her participation in the TV casting show “Germany’s Next Top Model”. “The discipline that I learned in the modeling industry benefits me in film,” she told dpa on the sidelines of the Max Ophüls Prize (MOP) film festival in Saarbrücken. When filming her first leading role in a feature film in “Sometimes I suddenly think of you”, which was entered into the MOP competition for the best feature film, the 34-year-old from Gauting had to shoot on the Nordseehallig Hooge in February in very cold temperatures and a storm. “It was great! I love extreme filming experiences. On the last day of filming I went into the three degree cold North Sea,” she said. Nasemann, now the mother of two children, not only works as an actress, she describes herself as a “content creator” and campaigns for fair fashion and sustainable fashion in blogs. She runs a family podcast with her husband.

Find ways

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The University of Television and Film (HFF) now has a three-person leadership in the feature film directing department. The already well-known lecturers at the school at Bernd-Eichinger-Platz, such as Doris Dörrie, are now also coming Marcus H. Rosenmüller in addition. The 50-year-old director from Tegernsee, himself a graduate of the HFF, was previously on a temporary basis following the departure of his predecessor Andreas Gruber in 2020 Julia von Heinz Professor for this area. Now the two are still from Nicolas Wackerbarth added. But everyone will remain active as directors, according to the HFF.

Rosenmüller became known throughout Germany in 2006 for his film “Whoever dies earlier is dead longer” and has since made more than one feature film per year. These include “Summer of the Jugglers” and “Trautmann”. He can currently be seen in the cinema with the new Pumuckl episodes. Julia von Heinz, who, among other things, made the film “Ich bin then mal weg” based on the bestseller by Hape Kerkeling, is, like Rosenmüller, a multiple winner of various awards.

With Wackerbarth from Munich, who also works as an actor (“Toni Erdmann”), the professors are now working as a trio. According to a statement from the HFF, they see themselves as teachers and learners and are looking forward to the task. “The directing students are as different as we are – and even more so – and that is a great enrichment.” The aim of her support is “to ensure that every voice finds its own path”.

Be on the move

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Mark Stoll is back on stage. The comedian who became known as “Harry G” has developed his fourth stage program and has been on the road again for a few days. After the programs “Living with the Isarpreiß”, “Harry the Honor” and “HoamBoy”, it is now about “HoamStories”. Stoll initially made small films about the Oktoberfest 2013 and showed the common clichés in short form and exaggerated them. The character Harry G. Stoll, 44, was created, toured with his first stage program from 2014 and has also been regularly cast as an actor for several years.