{"id":648,"date":"2021-09-03T20:13:31","date_gmt":"2021-09-03T20:13:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/imefilmfest.com\/international-migration-environmental-film-festival\/?page_id=648"},"modified":"2021-09-03T20:13:31","modified_gmt":"2021-09-03T20:13:31","slug":"imeff-2021-official-selection-the-angel-of-history-by-eric-esser","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/imefilmfest.com\/international-migration-&-environmental-film-festival\/imeff-2021-official-selection-the-angel-of-history-by-eric-esser\/","title":{"rendered":"The Angel of History"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-layzr=\"https:\/\/imefilmfest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/The-Angel-of-History-poster.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-351\" width=\"357\" height=\"505\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Directed by Eric Esser<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Country of Origin Germany<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Runtime &#8211; 10:35<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p>A border in Europe. A painting by Paul Klee. A poem by Walter Benjamin. A film about yesterday and today, and how difficult it is to recognize one behind the other.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Director Biography &#8211;\u00a0Eric Esser<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/storage.googleapis.com\/ff-storage-p01\/press_kits\/headshots\/001\/325\/123\/original\/c8ed80cd3e-headshot.jpg?1559385883\"><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Born in 1975 in Germany, Eric Esser made his first short film in 2003. Upon completion of his studies in media informatics (majoring in \u201cmedia studies\u201d), he worked for the WZB Berlin Social Research Center. In 2005 he began his studies at the Filmarche Berlin, a self-governed film school where he majored in directing and documentary filmmaking. 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