Leipzig, Furs and Silhouettes

A nod to Goethe’s “Leipzig to me is dear”. Baker and filmmaker Seifert uses the much-quoted praise of Leipzig as the title for a lovingly satirical look at his hometown in the early 1980s.

Who is actually in charge of teaching and implementing safety at work? Veiled in silhouette technique, the film reveals more than one might want to report on the subject.

Information films about various professional training programmes were often offered to facilitate career choices. This glossy production promotes a line of work that was not so glamorous in reality.

An unvarnished look at a fur processing facility in 1989. Without words, accompanied only by music, the camera captures working conditions that previously remained hidden.

You reap what you sow. This silhouette film demonstrates the disastrous consequences of thoughtless waste disposal – when recycling is seen as a one-way street rather than a cycle.