Exhibition Opening & Get together: Lotte Legacy – Shadow Play from Babelsberg to Southeast Asia

One hundred years after Lotte Reiniger’s The Adventures of Prince Achmed (1926) was premiered, her legacy is more universal than ever. This selection, curated by Prof. Hannes Rall (Tübingen/Singapore), shows how students from the Film University Babelsberg KONRAD WOLF and Nanyang Technological University Singapore are reinterpreting the classical art of silhouette animation.
Particularly remarkable is the equal enthusiastic reception ofAchmed and the resulting inspiration it has provided for young animators in Germany and Southeast Asia. It reveals that Lotte Reiniger’s legacy has not only continued to develop independently in Europe and Asia, but that intercultural exchange has also led to innovative artistic outcomes. Influences from Wayang Kulit (Southeast Asian shadow puppet play), German Expressionism, Japanese woodblock prints, punk aesthetics and modern comics often converge into exciting and new stilistic creations.
In terms of content, the stories often draw on traditional tales, incorporate folklore or explore contemporarv themes.

Between Malaysian myths and Berlin perspectives, this juxtaposition of works from two worlds reveals a “language of shadows” that knows no boundaries.