About me
Stories have always fascinated me. I was born in a country that ceased to exist a few years later and grew up in East Germany in the wild 1990s. Telling stories was my way of making sense of the shaky world around me. Stories also sparked my interest in other countries. A film impressed me so much that I learned Spanish and traveled to Latin America until I finally found a new home in Mexico and stayed. This is where I took my first shaky steps in film and discovered my passion for developing material. After returning to Germany, I trained as a dramaturge, editor and author and am now happy to accompany authors and producers on their journey.
Curriculum
2004-2010:
Master’s degree in German as a foreign language, communication and media studies and ethnology, University of Leipzig
2011-2015:
Head of the German educational cooperation at the Goethe-Institut Mexico
2015:
Assistant film department at Catatonia Cine in Mexico City
2016-2019:
Head of film department Catatonia Cine
2021-2023:
Further training as a dramaturge, editor and author at the Buch-Akademie
Publications
2014:
Aesthetic learning in DaF/DaZ lessons. Literature-theater-visual arts-music-film. In: Materials German as a Foreign Language 93. Editor together with Nils Bernstein.
Films
- “Una muchacha normal” (A normal girl), exp. 2024, feature film, producer
- “Esto no es Berlín” (This is not Berlin), 2019, feature film, Supervising producer
- “La Promesa” (The Promise), 2020, short film, producer
- “Acá en la tierra” (Here on Earth), 2018, short film, producer
- “Velvet” (Velvet), 2018, short film, associate producer
- “Apnea” (Apnea), 2017, short film, producer
- “SirKo – La vida es un acto no premeditado” (SirKo – Life is a no premeditated act), producer of the film material as part of a theater play
*Publications and credits as Charlotte Lerchner