Karin Berger, rezhiserka, autorka, savi so avela kotar e upruni rig kotar o Waldviertel, Austria. Sine ola 14 bersh khana geli ki Vienna,ko internato kotar e Mashkarutni Federalno Institito vash ekonomikani Dzuvlikani Profesija. Voj kerdas olakere studije pala e etnologija vi politichko dzaniba ki Vienna sa dzi ko ki mashkarutni vrama ko 1980bersh. Pala kodo voj kerdas buchi sar korkorutno zhurnalisto vi rodipa, agorisarda nekoborom rodipaskere projektija ki lungeder vrama ko period khana sine pe studije ko USA vi ko Belém, Brazil. Ko adaja vrama, olakeri avgo buchi sine e filmeja Super 8 kova so ko jekh chivela sine olakero intereso koncentririmo ko dokumentarno filmora.

Olakero avgo filmo, kova sine planirimo vash e kino, sine vazdimi koperacija e bucharne grupaja pe temato vash e phenibe Na pala e nacionalno socializmo ko anav kotare Austrijake dzuvlja (khedimata ki kuhinja kote so vorbisarel pes e dzuvljencar).
Karin Berger e respektosar resljardas pes e dzuvlencar kola so sine subjekto ko olakere filmora. Ki jekh vrama, olakeri buchi, putarela eksperimentalno konteksto savi so nakavela e respektivno individualno biografije.

I Karin Berger kherdas buchi thaj pe but skurto filmora sar »O! Fortuna!« sar vi pe lungo vramake dokumentarcora. Olakere kinometogravsko projektora si butivar pangle e lilenge publikacijencar pe kodo temato, sar so si I publikacija e biografijakere lilesar kotar e Romní Ceija Stojka, »Amen trais garavde, vaj Me dikav suno kaj sem dzivdi«. E duje filmesar »Ceija Stojka« thaj »Zeleno, zeleno Char Beneath«, Karin crdija te kherel buchi pe sabjekto vash e Romani dzuvli, chuvindoj o fokuso pe jekh kotar e majpindzarde Romane artistora. Ko olakero senzitivno portreto kotar e Ceija Stojka, voj dzala olakero intereso pala e vizuelizacija kotare zurale romnja thaj rodela olakero fascinantno trajo sar pirutni, autoro vi pikturka.

Sar te si voj kerdas lacho filmo so phutrela e Romengi luma bizi konfliktija thaj stereotipija mashkar e na Roma.Olakero palutno filmo »Herzausreisser« - nevo kotar e Vienako subjekto fokusirinela pes pen eve reference kotar e tradicionalno muzika, thaj si pashe panglo e Vienakere mentaliteteja.

I Berger akana sikavela praktichno vi analitichko resarinakhana kreirinena pes dokumentarno filmora, sikjarela pala e buchikeribaske khedina, sar te phenas, pe Univerziteto pala o Arto ko Linz, fokuseja pe Vizuelno vi Kulturaki Historija pe Univerziteto ki Viena.

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Filmografija

2008 Herzausreisser: Neues vom Wienerlied, 85 minutes, documentary film, scriptwriter and director

2005 Unter den Brettern hellgrünes Gras, 52 minutes, documentary film, scriptwriter and director, won 2006 adult education TV award

2003 Allegro Moderato, 1 minute, part of Manfred Neuwirth’s Bilder, die das Herz schneller schlagen lassen

1991/1995/2003 O! Fortuna! – Work in Progress, 5.05 minutes, drama-documentary, scriptwriter and director

2000 Ceija Stojka – Porträt einer Romní, 87 minutes, documentary film, scriptwriter and director

1991 Das Wunder von Hoheneich – Eine Wiederbegegnung, 24 minutes, documentary film, scriptwriter and director

1990 Porträts mit ZeitzeugInnen, So richtig vogelfrei: Rosa Winter, 20 minutes; Rückkehr unerwünscht: Fritz Kleinmann, 35 minutes; Kein Ort für Slowenen: Marija Olip, 30 minutes

1985 Küchengespräche mit Rebellinnen, 80 minutes, documentary film, scriptwriter and director, with E. Holzinger, L. Podgornik and L. N. Trallori

1984 Tränen statt Gewehre, black and white, 30 minutes, documentary film, scriptwriter and director, with E. Holzinger, L. Podgornik and L. N. Trallori

Prizura

2009 Prize for the documentary at the International Filmfest Würzburg

2006 TV Award of Adult Education for “Under the Boards Light Green Grass”

2005 Recognition Prize of the State of Lower Austria for special achievements in the field of media art (documentary film)

1993 Käthe Leichter Prize for the Women’s History of the Worker’s Movement

1991 Promotion Prize of the Theodor Körner Fund for the Promotion of Science and Art

1989 Promotion prize of the City of Vienna for Humanities and Social Welfare