{"id":780,"date":"2021-09-19T14:01:27","date_gmt":"2021-09-19T12:01:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.loekenfranke.de\/de\/?p=780"},"modified":"2024-11-14T11:49:54","modified_gmt":"2024-11-14T10:49:54","slug":"losers-and-winners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.loekenfranke.de\/en\/?p=780","title":{"rendered":"Losers and Winners"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.loekenfranke.de\/de\/wp-admin\/edit.php?post_type=post\"><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1280\" src=\"https:\/\/www.loekenfranke.de\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/LF_Profilbild_Film_LaW1-scaled-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1808\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.loekenfranke.de\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/LF_Profilbild_Film_LaW1-scaled-1.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/www.loekenfranke.de\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/LF_Profilbild_Film_LaW1-scaled-1-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.loekenfranke.de\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/LF_Profilbild_Film_LaW1-scaled-1-1024x512.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.loekenfranke.de\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/LF_Profilbild_Film_LaW1-scaled-1-768x384.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.loekenfranke.de\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/LF_Profilbild_Film_LaW1-scaled-1-1536x768.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.loekenfranke.de\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/LF_Profilbild_Film_LaW1-scaled-1-2048x1024.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:40px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color\"><strong>Losers and Winners<\/strong><br>Work is Just a Part of Life<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>DOCU | FILM | CINEMA<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>GERMANY 2006<br>96 Min (DT, EN, CHI)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Directors:<\/strong> Ulrike Franke, Michael Loeken<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Distribution<\/strong>: GMfilms<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button has-custom-font-size is-style-outline has-medium-font-size is-style-outline--1\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-black-color has-white-background-color has-text-color has-background wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/ondemand\/losersandwinners\" style=\"border-radius:40px\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">STREAM<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:35px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>For educational institutions:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button has-custom-font-size is-style-outline has-medium-font-size is-style-outline--2\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-black-color has-white-background-color has-text-color has-background wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/ondemand\/losersandwinnersbildung\" style=\"border-radius:40px\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">STREAM<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>The film shows as a gigantic industrial site is dismantled, documenting the stories accompanying its disappearance: how the coke workers in the industrial Ruhr Region experience the arrival and working methods of the Chinese, their feelings upon seeing their pride in their work vanish along with what was the most modern coke factory in the world, but also the strain and conflicts the Chinese workers face during their 60-hour work week far away from home and family, caught between euphoria and doubts about their future.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" 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style=\"text-shadow:0px 0px 10px transparent\"><\/span><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" id=\"awards\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:70px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\" style=\"font-size:22px\"><strong>AWARDS<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"272\" height=\"153\" src=\"https:\/\/www.loekenfranke.de\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/aehren_Law_01.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2386\" style=\"width:205px;height:116px\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow 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src=\"https:\/\/www.loekenfranke.de\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/aehren_Law_04.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2389\" style=\"width:204px;height:115px\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"272\" height=\"153\" src=\"https:\/\/www.loekenfranke.de\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/aehren_Law_05.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2390\" style=\"width:204px;height:115px\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"272\" height=\"153\" src=\"https:\/\/www.loekenfranke.de\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/aehren_Law_06.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2391\" style=\"width:204px;height:115px\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:35px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\" style=\"font-size:22px\"><strong>FESTIVALS<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>2023\u00a0 \u2014 <strong>Ruhrtriennale <\/strong>\/ Film Retrospective loekenfranke \/ Bochum<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2009&nbsp;\u2014&nbsp;<strong>4. DOC \u00c0 TUNIS<\/strong> \/ Tunis,&nbsp;Turnesia<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2009&nbsp;\u2014&nbsp;<strong>57. Trento Film Festival <\/strong>\/&nbsp;Trento, Italien<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2008 \u2014 <strong>11. CinemAmbiente<\/strong> \u2013 Environmental Film Festival \/ Turin, Italy<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2008 \u2014 <strong>SIEFF<\/strong> \/&nbsp;14. Sardinia International Ethnographic Film Festival&nbsp;\/ Nuoro, Italy (Award)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2008 \u2014&nbsp;<strong>One World Romania<\/strong> \u2013 Documentary Film Festival&nbsp;\/ Bukarest, Romania<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2008 \u2014&nbsp;<strong>3. Guth Gafa <\/strong>\u2013 International&nbsp;Documentary Film Festival \/ Donegal, Ireland<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2008 \u2014&nbsp;<strong>6. Gda\u0144sk DocFilm Festival<\/strong> \u2013&nbsp;Dignity and Work \/ Danzig, Poland<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2008 \u2014&nbsp;<strong>Maailmafilm<\/strong> \u2013 Tartu World&nbsp;Film Festioval \/ Tartu, Estonia<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2008 \u2014 <strong>Deutsches Filmfestival Tel Aviv<\/strong> \/ Tel Aviv, Israel<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2008 \u2014 <strong>Dial\u00ebktus Fesztiv\u00e1l<\/strong> \/ Budapest, Ungarn<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2008 \u2014 <strong>ZAGDOX <\/strong>\/ ZagrebDox \u2013 International Film Festival \/ Zagreb, Croatia<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2008 \u2014<strong> BIFFES<\/strong> \/ 2. Bengaluru International Film Festival \/ Bangalore, India<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2007&nbsp;\u2014&nbsp;<strong>7. WATCH DOCS<\/strong> \u2013 International Film Festival Warschau \/ Warschau, Polen (Award)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2007 \u2014 <strong>German Film Festival <\/strong>\/ Dublin, Ireland<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2007 \u2014 <strong>10. Festival of German Films<\/strong> \/ London, GB<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2007 \u2014&nbsp;<strong>T\u00fdden Geografie <\/strong>\/ \u00dast\u00ed nad&nbsp;Labem, Czech Republic<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2007 \u2014 <strong>4. Verzi\u00f3 Film Festival <\/strong>\/ Budapest, UHungary<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2007 \u2014 <strong>Jeden svet <\/strong>\/ 8. Medzin\u00e1rodny festival document\u00e1rnych filmov \/ Bratislava, Slovakia<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2007 \u2014 <strong>Leiden International Film Festival <\/strong>\/ Leiden, Netherlands<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2007 \u2014 <strong>4. World Film Festival of Bangkok<\/strong> \/ Bangkok, Thailand<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2007 \u2014 <strong>Astra Film Fest<\/strong> \/ Sibiu International Film Festival \/ Sibiu, Romania<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2007 \u2014 <strong>5. Festival Internacional de Cine de Morelia<\/strong> \/ Morelia, Mexiko<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2007 \u2014<strong> DOCNZ<\/strong> \/ International Documentary Film Festival \/ New Zealand<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2007 \u2014 <strong>German Currents Film Festival <\/strong>\/ Los Angeles, USA<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2007 \u2014 <strong>Festival europ\u00e9en des 4ecrans<\/strong> \/ Paris, France<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>2007 \u2014 <strong>MIDBO<\/strong> \/ 9. Muestra Internacional Documental \/ Bogot\u00e1, Colombia<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2007 \u2014 <strong>7. Festival de Cine Alem\u00e1n<\/strong> \/ Buenos Aires, Argentina<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2007 \u2014&nbsp;<strong>Stranger Than Fiction<\/strong> \/  Documentary Film Festival&nbsp;\/ Dublin, Ireland<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2007 \u2014 <strong>1. Hachenburger Filmfest<\/strong> (Preis)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2007 \u2014 <strong>Dokufest <\/strong>\/ International Documentary and Short Film Festival \/ Prizren, Kosovo (Award)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2007 \u2014 <strong>F\u00fcnf Seen Filmfestival <\/strong>\/ Herrsching, Germany<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2007 \u2014 <strong>SilverDocs<\/strong> \/ Silverdocs Documentary Festival \/ Silver Spring, USA<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2007 \u2014 <strong>Rooftop Films 2007<\/strong> \/ New York, USA<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2007 \u2014 <strong>2. Pravo Ljudski Film Festival <\/strong>\/ Sarajevo, Bosnia\/Herzegovina<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2007 \u2014 <strong>9. Festival de cine Alem\u00e1n<\/strong> \/ Madrid, Spain<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2007 \u2014 <strong>DOK.FEST M\u00fcnchen <\/strong>\/ 22. Internationales Dokumentarfilmfestival M\u00fcnchen, Germany<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2007 \u2014 <strong>4. CROSSING EUROPE<\/strong> \/ filmfestival linz \/ Linz, Austria<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2007 \u2014 <strong>40. WorldFest<\/strong> \/ Houston International Film Festival \/ Houston, USA (Award)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2007 \u2014 <strong>Hot Docs 07 <\/strong>\/ Canadian International Documentary Festival \/ Toronto, Canada (Award)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2007 \u2014 <strong>4. dokumentarfilmwoche <\/strong>hamburg, Germany<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2007 \u2014 <strong>CIDF<\/strong> \/ Chicago International Documentary Film Festival \/ Chicago, USA (Award)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2007 \u2014 <strong>It\u2019s All True<\/strong> \/ 12. International Documentary Film Festival \/ Sao Paulo, Brazil (Award)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2007 \u2014 <strong>&nbsp;LIDF<\/strong> \/&nbsp;London International&nbsp;Documentary Film Festival \/ London, GB<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2007 \u2014 <strong>9. One World International Human Rights Documentary Film Festival <\/strong>\/ Czech Republic (Award)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2007 \u2014 <strong>33. Internationales Filmwochenende W\u00fcrzburg<\/strong> \/ Germany (Opening film)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2006 \u2014 <strong>GZDOC <\/strong>\/ Guangzhou International Documentary Film Festival \/ China<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2006 \u2014 <strong>17. Kinofest L\u00fcnen<\/strong>, Germany<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2006 \u2014 &nbsp;<strong>30. Duisburger Filmwoche<\/strong>, Germany<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2006 \u2014&nbsp;<strong>DOK Leipzig<\/strong> \/&nbsp;49. Internationales Leipziger Festival f\u00fcr&nbsp;Dokumentar- und Animationsfilm \/&nbsp;Germany (Opening film)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:35px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\" style=\"font-size:22px\"><strong>SYMPOSIUM \/ SERIES \/ PUBLICATIONS<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">in context of<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>2024\u00a0 \u2014 Film series \/<strong> Duisburg im Bilde<\/strong> \/ Duisburg, Germany<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2018 \u2014\u00a0Kultursommer 2018 \/ <strong>Industrie und Kultur,<\/strong> Enspel, Germany<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2018&nbsp;\u2014&nbsp;Film series \/<strong> Fl\u00f6ze weltweit<\/strong> \/ Dortmunder U, Dortmund, Germany<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2014&nbsp;\u2014&nbsp;Screening and film talk \/ Conferenc <strong>New Industries<\/strong>&nbsp;\/ Dortmunder U, Dortmund Germany<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2011&nbsp;\u2014&nbsp;<strong>Industrial on Tour<\/strong> \/ HMKV Hartware MedienKunstVerein \/ Danzig, Tarnow, Krakow, Bytom und Lodz (Poland)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2010&nbsp;\u2014&nbsp;Centre of Contemporary Art <strong>Znaki Csazu<\/strong> \/ Torun, Poland<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2009&nbsp;\u2014&nbsp;<strong>Crossing Borders<\/strong> \/ Universit\u00e4t Hildesheim, Institut f\u00fcr Sozial- und Organisationsp\u00e4dagogik, Hildesheim, Germany<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2009&nbsp;\u2014&nbsp;Event \/ <strong>Hildesheim Open University<\/strong>, Germnay<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2009&nbsp;\u2014&nbsp;Series \/ <strong>Ethics and Economy<\/strong> \/ Goethe-Institut \/ Helsinki, Finland<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2008&nbsp;\u2014&nbsp;Screening and film talk \/&nbsp;<strong>Arbeit. Kultur. Fest \/ <\/strong>DGB-Kultursommerfestival, Germnay<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2008&nbsp;\u2014&nbsp;Installative presentation \/&nbsp;<strong>Where do you walk today?<\/strong>\/&nbsp;Dortmunder Museumsnacht \/&nbsp;HMKV Hartware MedienKunstVerein, Dortmund, Germany<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2008&nbsp;\u2014&nbsp;Lectures, Filmvfilm screenings and discussions \/ China Tour \/ Invitation of the German Foreign Office and Goethe-Institut \/ Beijing and Shanghai (China)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2008&nbsp;\u2014&nbsp;<strong>Elektrische Schatten<\/strong> \/ Bonner Gesellschaft f\u00fcr China Studien \/ Bonn, Germany<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2008&nbsp;\u2014&nbsp;Exhibition&nbsp;\/&nbsp;<strong>Shrinking Cities<\/strong><em> \/&nbsp;<\/em>Kulturstiftung des Bundes \/ Dortmund, Germany<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2007&nbsp;\u2014&nbsp;<strong>Wandel der Arbeit<\/strong> \/ Fachhochschule Potsdam, Germnay<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2007&nbsp;\u2014&nbsp;<strong>visible evidence<\/strong> \/ Ruhr-Universit\u00e4t Bochum, Germany<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2007&nbsp;\u2014&nbsp;<strong>AHCR-funded Postgraduate Conference<\/strong> \/ University of Leeds, GB<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2007&nbsp;\u2014&nbsp;Picture gallery and documentation \/ <strong>DIE GAZETTE <\/strong>Das politische Kulturmagazin, N\u00b0&nbsp;13<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2007&nbsp;\u2014&nbsp;Maurizio Marinelli \/ University of Bristol, Centre for East Asian Studies \/ Bristol, GB<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2007&nbsp;\u2014&nbsp;Goethe-Institut Glasgow \/ Filmhouse Edinburgh, Scotland<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" id=\"press\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:70px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\" style=\"font-size:22px\"><strong>REVIEW<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>&#8222;Chinese&nbsp;optimism for the future, glowing from the faces and&nbsp;fuelled&nbsp;each day by Mao quotes, and European&nbsp;self-sufficiency&nbsp;that will be punished by history &#8211; probably never before in cinema have we been&nbsp;able to&nbsp;experience the symptoms of a dawn of a new era as closely as in this&nbsp;captivatingly accurate observation that\u2019s&nbsp;seasoned with apt irony.&#8220;<em><br>Harald J\u00e4hner \/\/ Frankfurter <\/em>Rundschau \/\/ 29.11.2006<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br>&#8222;A fantastic&nbsp;piece of political documentary narrative cinema that puts the current&nbsp;conditions of global division of&nbsp;labour into an unusual regional perspective&nbsp;and raises many questions.&#8220; &nbsp;<br><em>Silvia Hallensleben \/\/ tagesspiegel.de \/\/ 13.11.2006<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div id=\"premium-accordion-2a3a1f79-f379-4ce6-a45b-f139f9e56e6d\" class=\"wp-block-premium-accordion premium-accordion\"><div id=\"premium-accordion__layer0\" class=\"premium-accordion__content_wrap\"><div class=\"premium-accordion__title_wrap premium-accordion__ltr premium-accordion__in\" style=\"background-color:#ffffff;border:none;border-width:1px;border-radius:0px\"><div class=\"premium-accordion__title\"><h4 class=\"premium-accordion__title_text\" style=\"color:#7c7c7c;font-size:undefinedpx;letter-spacing:undefinedpx;text-transform:none;font-weight:400;text-shadow:0px 0px 0px undefined;line-height:undefinedpx\"><\/h4><\/div><div class=\"premium-accordion__icon_wrap\"><svg class=\"premium-accordion__icon premium-accordion__closed\" role=\"img\" focusable=\"false\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" viewbox=\"0 0 20 20\" style=\"padding:undefinedpx;border-radius:undefinedpx\"><polygon points=\"16.7,3.3 10,10 3.3,3.4 0,6.7 10,16.7 10,16.6 20,6.7 \"><\/polygon><\/svg><\/div><\/div><div class=\"premium-accordion__desc_wrap premium-accordion__desc_close\" style=\"text-align:left;border:none;border-width:1px;border-radius:0px;padding-left:0\"><p class=\"premium-accordion__desc\" style=\"font-size:undefinedpx;letter-spacing:undefinedpx;text-transform:none;text-shadow:0px 0px 0px undefined;font-weight:400;line-height:undefinedpx\"><br>&#8222;For in other\u00a0respects, too, the filmmakers have succeeded, above all through their close,\u00a0patient observation,\u00a0in constantly feeding the contradictions of the wider state\u00a0of the world with new questions and suggestions,\u00a0while at the same time never\u00a0losing sight of what is real.&#8220;\u00a0\u00a0<br><em>Silvia Hallensleben \/ epd-film \/\/ Nr. 3\/2007<\/em><br><br>\u201eFormal auf den ersten Blick schlicht, entfaltet der Film &#8222;Simple in form at\u00a0first glance, the film only gradually unfolds its deeper meaning; it is not dogged\u00a0in its\u00a0approach to its subject, instead telling an almost absurd story with the\u00a0help of peaceful images, and getting to\u00a0the heart of many of this country\u2019s most\u00a0pressing issues regarding politics and trade unions.&#8220;\u00a0<br><em>Hans Messias \/\/ Filmdienst \/\/ Nr. 6\/2007<\/em><br><br>&#8222;Documentaries\u00a0scarcely get richer and truer to life than this. This documentary film\u2019s\u00a0in-depth, multi-faceted\u00a0view is coherent, exciting and honest.&#8220;\u00a0<br>Extract \/\/ <em>FBW, explanation of the rating \u201chighly recommended\u201d\u00a0<\/em><br><br>\u201eEin politisches Erz\u00e4hlkino in dokumentarischem <br>&#8222;Political\u00a0narrative cinema in the guise of a documentary that turns a culture clash into\u00a0an barometer of global\u00a0economic shifts.&#8220;\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<br><em>Margarete Wach \/\/ filmdienst \/\/ Nr.\u00a025\/2006<\/em><br><br>&#8222;A haunting,\u00a0quiet and closely observed film about globalisation and its effects, a work\u00a0that makes you\u00a0understand both sides and offers food for thought.&#8220;<br><em>Joachim Kurz \/\/\u00a0Kino-zeit.de\u00a0<\/em><br><br>&#8222;Disillusioned\u00a0Germans meet the highly motivated Chinese. With sensitivity, an eye for detail and\u00a0an\u00a0appreciation of unintentional comedy, the authors follow the dismantlement\u00a0as it progresses.&#8220;\u00a0<br><em>Nadja Naumann \/\/ Mitteldeutsche Zeitung \/\/ 26.10.2006<\/em><br><br>\u201eLosers and Winners\u00a0ist ein &#8222;Losers and\u00a0Winners\u00a0is a classic documentary film, without commentary, told from\u00a0clearly\u00a0constructed and calm images, with a clever narrative composition,\u00a0always clear, alternating\u00a0serenely from observational to narrative passages.\u00a0The authors succeed in making many small\u00a0and eloquent observations, as only a\u00a0documentary film can. Taken as a whole, the film is also a\u00a0beautiful\u00a0demonstration of how important and sustainable documentary curiosity\u00a0is.&#8220;\u00a0<br><em>Extract\u00a0from the jury statement \/\/ Grimme Award\u00a0<\/em><br><br>\u201eA definitive film portraying the collision of forces\u00a0driving globalization. It is a complex and deeply thought\u00a0provoking film.\u201d<br><em>Extract\u00a0from the jury statement \/\/ hotDOCS\u00a02007 \/\/ Toronto<\/em><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>&#8222;When Ulrike&nbsp;Franke and Michael Loeken heard about this undertaking, they immediately&nbsp;recognised the kind of&nbsp;broad view that opens up here &#8211; globalisation as tragedy&nbsp;and farce at the same time.&#8220;<br><em>Knut Elstermann \/\/ <em>Berliner Zeitung <\/em><\/em>\/\/ <em>13.04.2007<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8222;At its premiere&nbsp;at the Leipzig Documentary Film Festival 2006, Losers and Winners caused&nbsp;consternation. No&nbsp;film had ever located Germany so convincingly on the losing&nbsp;side of globalisation. But optimism always has&nbsp;something infectious about it,&nbsp;even if it comes at one&#8217;s own expense: anyone can swim out into the &#8222;sea&nbsp;of&nbsp;learning&#8220;. <em>Hans-J\u00f6rg Rother \/\/ Der Tagesspiegel \/\/ 13.04.2007<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div id=\"premium-accordion-8d278b97-aa58-402f-97bc-800170d9585d\" class=\"wp-block-premium-accordion premium-accordion\"><div id=\"premium-accordion__layer0\" class=\"premium-accordion__content_wrap\"><div class=\"premium-accordion__title_wrap premium-accordion__ltr premium-accordion__in\" style=\"background-color:#ffffff;border:none;border-width:1px;border-radius:0px\"><div class=\"premium-accordion__title\"><h4 class=\"premium-accordion__title_text\" style=\"font-size:undefinedpx;letter-spacing:undefinedpx;text-transform:none;font-weight:400;text-shadow:0px 0px 0px undefined;line-height:undefinedpx\"><\/h4><\/div><div class=\"premium-accordion__icon_wrap\"><svg class=\"premium-accordion__icon premium-accordion__closed\" role=\"img\" focusable=\"false\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" viewbox=\"0 0 20 20\" style=\"padding:undefinedpx;border-radius:undefinedpx\"><polygon points=\"16.7,3.3 10,10 3.3,3.4 0,6.7 10,16.7 10,16.6 20,6.7 \"><\/polygon><\/svg><\/div><\/div><div class=\"premium-accordion__desc_wrap premium-accordion__desc_close\" style=\"text-align:left;border:none;border-width:1px;border-radius:0px;padding-left:0\"><p class=\"premium-accordion__desc\" style=\"font-size:undefinedpx;letter-spacing:undefinedpx;text-transform:none;text-shadow:0px 0px 0px undefined;font-weight:400;line-height:undefinedpx\">\u201eA\u00a0historical document of globalization practices, processes and effects,\u00a0which is\u00a0highly recommended in classes regarding East-West encounters, cross-cultural\u00a0understanding,\u00a0Chinese management and culture, or more generally in any class\u00a0on contemporary China.\u201c<br><em>Dr. Maurizio Marinelli \/\/ H-Asia<\/em><br><br>\u201eExcellent\u2026 both a film of subtle ironies and\u00a0one of\u00a0enormous cultural contrasts&#8230; highly recommended.&#8220;<br><em>Cliff Glaviano \/\/ Educational Media Reviews Online<\/em><br><br>Loeken and Franke&#8217;s camera follows, with serene shots, how the huge coking plant is dismantled piece by piece. And as the Chinese saw through walls and steel pipes, the Germans lose self-confidence as the end of the dismantling process draws near.<br><em>LuYen Roloff \/\/ Der Spiegel \/\/ 13.11.08<\/em><br><br>\u201eUlrike Franke and Michael Loeken wryly turn\u00a0their footage of the rising tensions into a poignant account of cross- cultural\u00a0miscommunications and the\u00a0emotions involved.\u201c<br><em>Massachusetts Museum of contemporary Artdirectors<\/em>\u00a0<br><br>&#8222;Das Sch\u00f6ne\u00a0und eigentlich Interessante ist denn The beautiful and actually interesting thing is not so\u00a0much the cultural gap that opens up here between China\u00a0and Germany, but the\u00a0historical one that becomes visible at the same time. Industrialisation meets\u00a0post-industrialisation, and who the winners and losers are remains to be seen.&#8220;<br><em>Barbara Schweizerhof \/\/ <em>Welt online \/\/<\/em><\/em> <em>11.04.07<\/em><br><br>&#8222;It is an allegory of the modern world, where\u00a0capital shifts and migrant labour determine world politics. With\u00a0subtlety and\u00a0close observation, the filmmakers succeed in depicting two different worlds,\u00a0each with its own\u00a0work ethic and mechanisms of exploitation.&#8220;<br><em>Extract from\u00a0the jury statement \/\/ 9. One\u00a0World Film Festival \/\/ Prague<\/em><br><br>\u201cThe film invites us to reflect on the power of\u00a0cultural stereotypes and tolerance, and even more\u00a0importantly, about justice\u00a0and individual rights under global capitalism. The jury salutes the filmmakers\u2019\u00a0craftsmanship, their intellect in choosing an extraordinarily important and\u00a0timely subject, and their\u00a0sensitivity in portraying the lives and fates of\u00a0those affected by colossal economic change.\u201d<br><em>Aus der\u00a0Jury-Begr\u00fcndung \/\/ 7. 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https:\/\/www.loekenfranke.de\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/12Still-LaW012.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" id=\"synopsis\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:70px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\" style=\"font-size:22px\"><strong>SYNOPSIS<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the centre of the Ruhr Valley the famous \u201cheartbeat of steel\u201d has gone silent. Almost imperceptibly, nature is reclaiming the once-busy factory halls and industrial sites. The conveyor belts have come to a standstill, the cooling towers are empty \u2013 after only eight years in operation, the ultramodern coke plant at Kaiserstuhl, built at a cost of 1.3 billion DM, was shut down in December 2000.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br>Spring 2003: A Chinese worker dressed in the traditional blue labourer&#8217;s overall surveys the vast factory grounds, making marks on steel beams and walls. A new microcosm has sprung up in northern Dortmund, a small Chinese outpost \u2013 dynamic and efficient. A village of housing containers has been set up for some 400 Chinese \u2013 with community rooms, an industrial-size kitchen with giant woks, and satellite dishes so they can watch TV shows from home. Hungry for wealth and the status symbols of western industrial culture, scores of Breakdown workers have joined the Chinese project manager Mo Lishi in Germany, along with a young Interpreter and a few Cooks, in order to bring back to their homeland yet another \u201csteel souvenir\u201d. Highly motivated citizens of a low\u2013wage country come face-to-face with financially better-off workers in an industrialized nation who are now suddenly bereft of future prospects \u2013 since the former are about to transfer the latter\u2019s erstwhile source of power and prosperity to their own homeland.<br>The dismantling of Kaiserstuhl proceeds at breakneck speed, driven forward by constant pressure from corporate management and the promise of a few perks: Every four weeks the Chinese select the seven hardest workers amongst their ranks as \u201cWorkers of the Month\u201d. Their reward consists of a photo decorated with a sash of red paper flowers, hung on a canteen wall together with a few flowery, but in any case politically correct, words of praise.<br><br>Meanwhile, the German \u201cshutdown managers\u201d stand by and watch helplessly as their workplace is broken down into moveable sections. At Kaiserstuhl, where up to 800 people used to work, the last 30 employees are now supervising the so-called Shutdown Department \u2013 including electricians Rainer Kruska (53) and Werner Vogt (52). Among the Germans, who are supposed to provide logistical support for the dismantling process, a mood of scepticism and a distanced stance prevail with regard to Chinese colleagues and what they view as their careless methods. Communication between the two groups is difficult, misunderstandings a daily event. By 10 o\u2019clock in the morning, half of the shift is already over for the German workforce. During their breakfast break, they talk over coffee and rolls about the financial losses they will suffer due to their enforced early retirement, and they speculate about the Chinese workers\u2019 attitude toward life, their working techniques and their cooking. The dismantling forges ahead, unstoppable, daily parading before their eyes the loss of Germany\u2019s, and indeed Europe\u2019s, industrial work base. For the Ruhr Valley workers, this is a stab in the heart, for they have worked all their lives in the coke industry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br>The workday for the Chinese is considerably longer: they toil sixty hours a week, live in common quarters and save every penny for home. Some want their children to enjoy a better education. Liu Guo Heng is saving for a yearned-for, but expensive, wedding. The cook wants to purchase shares in his employer\u2019s company, increasingly convinced of its prospects for success. But first, their mission abroad must be completed \u2013 entailing one and a half years without a visit home. Chinese television and infrequent phone calls to wives and children constitute the men\u2019s only contact with their homeland. \u201cSay \u2018Daddy\u2019 to me one more time\u201d, requests one man, and thousands of kilometres away a child sings a song for his much-missed father. All in a desperate attempt to feel somehow closer to loved ones so far away.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br>The Chinese have neither the time nor the money to get to know Germany, or even Dortmund; a bus ticket into town seems far too expensive, even with what is by Chinese standards a bountiful monthly pay check of 400 euros. Only project manager Mo Lishi is in a position to visit the city once in a while. His favourite destination is the Mercedes dealership, where he can marvel at steel in what is for him its most perfect form. \u201cThis car is very good\u201d, he remarks with satisfaction, grinning from ear to ear. \u201cI\u2019m going to take one home with me.\u201d His tiny cubbyhole at Kaiserstuhl, in which he both lives and works, is adorned with a Mercedes poster showing both an older and newer model by the German automaker. Inspired by its message, Mo Lishi has written a few personal lines about those who depart and the new ones who come and can look forward to a life full of promise. After all, Mo Lishi is convinced that he will soon be sitting behind the wheel of a new car and driving off into a better future \u2013 just like all of China. During his next visit to Germany, Mo Lishi says, he would love to be able to take the German Airbus factories back home with him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br>There is rarely any contact between the German and the Chinese workers; they merely eye each other warily from a distance. The tools of the trade favoured by the Germans are rules and regulations for safety and environmental protection \u2013 just the things the newcomers like to ignore. They use tricks to try to circumvent the rules \u2013 after all, the \u201cold foreigners\u201d are hardly present at the site for more than eight hours at a time, and what they don\u2019t see won\u2019t hurt them. But the remaining German workers at Kaiserstuhl insist on asserting their authority \u2013 right up to the bitter end. With his expert background, Kruska makes sure that the Chinese don\u2019t simply \u201cdo whatever they want to\u201d. Improvised electrical connections are dismantled again, ladders precariously connected by wire are pulled away from the ceiling and disposed of, welding regulations are cited for the umpteenth time. It seems as though the Germans are unable to let go, as if they unconsciously want to delay the dismantling and simply cannot resign themselves to their final loss of power and the reversal of roles. The view of the German\u2019s fastidiousness when it comes to following rules changes, however, when a Chinese worker almost dies in an accident \u2013 a \u201csmall work mishap\u201d for which the only remedy proffered by the Chinese consists of quotations from Mao.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br>The last time he walks through the field of rubble that once was the grounds of the coke plant, Kruska opens circuit boxes and doors, presses switches that have long lost their function, gazes into disembowelled cable shafts and tries to uphold the appearance of a routine check \u2013 but he and his German colleagues have changed during these final weeks of the breakdown. The confidently triumphant proclamation \u201cThey\u2019ll see \u2013 it will never work!\u201d is no longer heard. The Germans are increasingly tense and sad \u2013 along with their workplace, they are also losing a piece of their homeland. Creeping insecurity can be felt as to what concrete impact the impending changes will have on their own lives. How is it possible to keep busy when no longer working, and what will it be like to be at home with the wife all day long? Even before the plant is completely disassembled, Kruska and Vogt are changed to a status called \u201cShort-time work 0\u201d, then to \u201cAdjustment\u201d and finally to early retirement. None of these terms is sufficient to describe the fact that there is no longer any work for them in this society; there seems to be no need for them anymore, nor indeed for their entire occupation. What they cannot foresee is that all the economic forecasts will prove wrong and the sale of the coke plant a tragic mistake. Today, there is spiralling demand for coke on the world market, spurred not least by the booming economy in China itself. The price per ton of coke went up in the years after Kaiserstuhl shut down from 30 to 550 dollars &#8211; as if globalization had a bitter sense of ironic humour and had chosen Dortmund-Mitte of all places as its punch line.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br><br><br><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" id=\"credits\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:70px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\" style=\"font-size:22px\"><strong>CREDITS<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><strong>Losers and Winners<\/strong><br>Work is Just a Part of Life<br>Germany 2006<br>96 Min (DT, EN, CHI)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Subtitles: english, german, spanish, french, 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