"The real must become fiction so that it can be thought." Jacques Rancière

For their film and theater projects, werkgruppe2 attempts to describe social reality from the perspective of people who belong to social minorities, the invisible and the excluded. Based on extensive journalistic research, they create atmospherically and narratively dense realizations that explore the boundaries between documentary and fiction. The texts are based on narrative interviews, which usually capture a clearly defined perspective on a topic. From these narratives, werkgruppe2 creates a composed network of texts that is realized on stage or in film with a professional acting ensemble in a strongly artistic, party-embracing, interpretative approach. The music, which is involved live in every production, consists of new compositions, often from different, unusual sound sources, and is an equally important element. Central to the concept are increasingly questions about what documentation means, how reality is depicted and how people can be represented? werkgruppe2 consists of the director Julia Roesler, the musician and composer Insa Rudolph and the dramaturge Silke Merzhäuser. Filmography: LUISA, feature film, 94 min, 3025 SCHWESTER JOHANN BAPTIST, documentary, 22 min, 2024 ANNA shortfilm, 18 min, 2022 FREDDA MEYER shortfilm, 20 min, 2021 MARINA shortfilm, 28 min, 2018 Awards (selection): 2018 Golden Dove for best german shortfilm, DOK Leipzig 2018 Healthy Workplaces Film Award of the EU for the best documentary about work 2020 Bremer Dokumentarfilm Förderpreis for the research for LUISA 2022 Deutscher Dokumentarfilm-Musikpreis, Nomination ARBEITERINNEN 2022 BEST OFF Festival Freier Theater Niedersachsen, Auswahl für ARBEITERINNEN 2022 Theaterfilmfestival Berlin, Nomination for ARBEITERINNEN 2022 ANNA selected for Export Shorts 2022 Kasseler Dokfest, A38-Produktionsstipendium photo: Kerstin Schomberg

insa rudolph – composer, musician

She studied jazz at the Conservatorium van Amsterdam. Since graduating, she has worked as a freelance singer and composer. Her artistic work focuses on composing music inspired by unusual sound sources, in which the strange and the familiar come together to create an alternative overall sound. She also works as a composer for documentary film music, such as for National Bird, Enemies of the State (premiere Tribeca Film Festival 2020) or United States vs Reality Winner. She is a founding member of the independent theater werkgruppe2 and works there as a composer, musical director and stage musician for almost all productions. In October 2022 Insa Rudolph was accepted into the German Film Academy. She lives in Frankfurt.

silke merzhäuser - dramaturg

She studied political science, literature and social psychology at the University of Hanover. Since 2000, she has worked as an assistant dramaturg at the schauspielhannover and Theater Basel, and subsequently as a dramaturg at the Lucerne Theatre. From 2007 to 2009 she was a dramaturge at the Deutsches Theater in Göttingen, where she was mainly responsible for interdisciplinary events and theater projects such as FRIEDLAND with werkgruppe2. She has taught at the University of Göttingen, HBK Braunschweig, the Mozarteum Salzburg and the University of Hanover. She has been part of werkgruppe2 as a dramaturge since 2009. Since May 2022 she is board member of Film- und Medienbüro Niedersachsen since May 2022.

julia roesler – regisseurin

Julia Roesler, born 1978, studied Cultural Studies and Aesthetic Practice in Hildesheim, with guest studies in Freiburg and Argentina. She founded the collective werkgruppe2 in 2007 and directs all theater and film productions. She has taught at various universities such as HBK Braunschweig, Mozarteum Salzburg and Bundesakademie Wolfenbüttel about working between documentation and fiction.