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> tò su < Rhaeto-Romanic: to record, to document, to include
The Italian-German duo TÒ SU explores transcultural border areas in a global world and deals with Eurocentric perspectives and their own cultural identity. Projects are created in collaboration with experts from art, science and everyday life and are mostly characterized by analogue and digital interactivity, which invite the audience to participate. TÒ SU comes from the Rhaeto-Romanic language, which is spoken by a small community in northen Italy and means “to record, to document, to include”. In Ladin, the two short words form the meaning that arises in interaction and mutual exchange. Prinoth and Mahlknecht combine the two genres of documentary film and theater. In the past, various collaborations have resulted in projects that are hybrids of both genres and have been presented in cinemas, theaters and exhibition spaces. They produce their projects between several countries with a focus on Germany and Italy.
Martina Mahlknecht was born in Bressanone, Italy. She lives and works between Bolzano and Hamburg, Germany. She studied art and stage design at the Academy of Fine Arts HfbK in Hamburg and at the Mozarteum in Salzburg, Austria. Since 2022 she is teaching at the HfbK Hamburg.
Martin Prinoth was born in Rhaeto-Romanic Urtijëi, Italy. He lives between Bolzano and Hamburg. After studying communication sciences at the University of Salzburg, Austria he graduated in film and digital cinema at the Academy of Fine Arts HfbK in Hamburg. He leads film workshops and film seminars i.a. at the UE Hamburg.
SCOLARSHIP AND AWARDS
2023 College Cinema VR at La Biennale di Venezia
2023 Stiftung Kunstfonds NeustartPlus Stipendium
2022 Wim Wenders Projektstipendium NRW
2022 Recherchestipendium #TakeHeart Fonds Darstellende Künste
2021 Residenzprogramm #TakeCare Kampnagel Hamburg
2020 Stiftung Kunstfonds Stipendium Künstlerinnen mit Kindern
2019 Grenzgänger Stipendium der Robert Bosch Stiftung
2019 Visioni DOC Award für besten italienischen Debütfilm
2017 Nominierung für Dokumentarfilmpreis des Goethe-Instituts
2017 Gerd Ruge Stipendium für Dokumentarfilm NRW
2017 Elbkulturfonds der Stadt Hamburg
2016 Atelierstipendium der Stadt Hamburg
2015/16 Künstlerinnenförderung des Landes Südtirol
2013 Künstler*innenförderung des Landes Südtirol
2012/13 Stipendium Freundeskreis der HfbK
FRIENDS
Dokomotive, Miramontefilm, Kiné-Doc, Lilli Thalgott, Attila Boa, Phaenomedia, Chiara Cordaro, Lucia Candelpergher, Annika Acharm, Jonas Woltemate, Pier Paolo Giarolo, Marie Jung, Stückliesel, Rykena/Jüngst, Magazin, Freudenhammer, Schaller08, Ivna Žic, Moritz Frischkorn, Against Reality Pictures, Juliana Oliveira, Stefano Bernardi, Max Andrzejewski, Pose Dia, Klass, Konstantin Bessonov, Pinkmovies, Fünferfilm, Greta Granderath, Nicolas Humbert, Jan Eichberg, Yolanda Morales, Gianna-Sophia Weise, Jonas Link, Barbara Schmidt-Rohr, Sounding Situations, Helge Schmidt, Peter Ott, Katharina Duve, Studio Peragine, IDM Filmförderung, MOIN Filmförderung, Kampnagel Hamburg, Fonds DAKU, Stiftung Kunstfonds, La Biennale di Venezia Cinema, transart, Filmstiftung NRW, Rudolf Augstein Stiftung, Kulturstiftung HH, Künstler*innenförderung Südtirol, MARKK Hamburg, arte