Episode #03 - East German born Director, Writer, and Casting Director Uta Seibicke presented this episode. Her first film she co-wrote and directed. Last Christmas is a film that takes place in Berlin about an terminally ill woman and a special relationship she has. Uta talked about her casting and relations of working with the cast. Since she’s a casting director, it was strange, even to herself, that she did not go through a casting process to shoot this short holiday story about an insomnia disease that leads to death.

Uta has a deep tie to Germany, her home state, but has since moved to New York City enjoying the city. But her ties to the city of Berlin is something that straddles her mind and the history of separation of the city is something that she feels and understands in a way only a German could.

To eat we enjoyed mulled wine Uta brought and cooked. In addition to a German breakfast prepared by Thomas Kelsey while we watched Good Bye, Lenin!

Credits:
Host - Justin Joseph Hall

Location & Production Company - Fourwind Films

To watch Uta's film check out it on YouTube here.

Uta Seibicke - Wrtier/Director, photo by Daria Huxley