But the jury also noted gaps in the biography that the filmmaker may have left out consciously, or perhaps unconsciously. The fact that Betina Kuntzsch comes from a household of artists and architects is obvious. CHINESE CHECKERS stands for life under three systems of government, three regimes, the three forms of German state in which the mother lived.Įvery frame of the film, the jury notes, resembles a postcard. The fragments from the mother’s legacy show only facets of her life, but represent much more. Kuntzsch allows the hexagram of the Chinese Checkers board to appear again and again, sometimes as a Star of David, then again as a home-made game in prison or as a neuronal network structure.ĭuring their discussion, the jury members were amazed that Kuntzsch’s film succeeds in relating an entire life in fifteen minutes, without seeming to be condensed: CHINESE CHECKERS appears associative and continuing. It tells of work in the harvest and the sudden disappearance of Jewish schoolmates, the flight from the Republic and prison, a career as a fashion illustrator, the opening of the border and life afterwards. The film moves in a linear way from the Nazi era to the present day. Plain, coarse GDR paper, cutting patterns or pastel fashion drawings: To the jury, the selected finds from the legacy seemed like epitomes of their time. And, as we are told in the film, Betina Kuntzsch’s mother ‘was a good Chinese Checkers player’. In Betina Kuntzsch’s film, however, Chinese Checkers is also equated with standing in line and muddling through, the passing of time in prison, and somehow also the networking of the present. So, it is obvious that director Betina Kuntzsch has made the game into the linchpin of her documentary. Right at the beginning, the viewer learns that the game of Chinese Checkers always accompanied Kuntzsch’s mother – throughout her childhood in the Nazi era, in the GDR and even after the fall of the Wall, it was a recurring connection and means of communication in her life. It is a guideline that artfully and skilfully stops the documentary from getting out of hand and losing its shape with the number of found objects. The game of Chinese Checkers serves the director as a thematic thread leading through the mother’s life. Betina Kuntzsch uses documents, static footage, snippets of paper, fabrics, film and much more to create a cinematic collage about her late mother’s life. “Almost everyone who ever had to sift through their parents’ documents and mementos has probably asked themselves what to do with all the bits and pieces that have accumulated over the course of a lifetime. The team include artists/graphic designers who have worked in management and education.Ĭontact us to discuss to your specific needs and the potential options.Prädikat besonders wertvoll – FBW-Rating ‟Special Commendation” If you have a moment take a look at our business board game pages. We make games for universities, schools as well as businesses. We design and produce new board games and revive ancient board games for retail and we also make games for organisations. In addition, we make different sizes and print on different materials such as vinyl for outdoor use as well as wipeable materials for indoor use.Īdrenaline Brush is a UK board game and graphic design company that has been since 2006 and our specialism is making board games. Just to let you know that many of our beautiful board games can be turned into personalised board games. Choking hazard – the game contains small playing pieces not suitable for children under the age of 36 months.The game can be displayed when not being played.Halma is in the collection of ancient board games re-designed by Adrenaline Brush as beautiful pieces of art.Halma is a fun family game for four players.Beautifully designed and made in the UK and supplied with quality wooden playing parts.Īll the pieces remain on the board throughout the game and players can leap over their own pieces and their opponents’ pieces to reach their home squares.The game Halma is also known as Chinese Checkers.
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