"The Rift" Marlin van Soest (01.11.2025, 18:00 Uhr)

“The Rift” is an animated documentary about the COVID-19 pandemic in Germany - told through real, anonymous voices and hauntingly crafted puppet characters. It offers intimate, often unsettling insights into a fractured society caught in a state of emergency.

Director Biography - Marlin van Soest

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Marlin van Soest was born in 1988 in Tübingen, Germany. He studied illustration, focusing on comic journalism. Later on, he began bringing his reports to life through stop-motion animation.