SYNOPSIS
Mr W. is a man who loves to laugh. He and his friends Mr K. and Mr G. Are members of a community project of artists with different disabilities. What seems like a utopian society where artists support each other and cooperate instead of compete, works subversively serene in practice.
CAST & CREW
Jana Papenbroock
Director
Producer(s)
Frank Papenbroock, Jana Papenbroock
Script
Jana Papenbroock
Director of Photography
Thomas Oswald, Bernhard Krebs, Horst Wässle, Michael Gerdsmann
Music by
Michael Gerdsmann, Geert Chatrou, Julia Holter, Jason Grier
Sound
Julian Rambow, Miguel Murrieta Vasquez, Simone Weber, Stephan Konken
Edit
Lena Hatebur, Jana Papenbroock
Cast
Bernhard Krebs, Horst Wässle, Michael Gerdsmann
Production company(ies)
Papenbroock Film janapapenbroock@gmail.com
Jana Papenbroock
Jana Papenbroock studied art and film in Hamburg, Paris and Cologne where she completed her diploma at the Academy of Media Arts in 2010. Since then she has been working as a freelance author and filmmaker based in Berlin. Her videos and films have been shown in galleries and festivals internationally. Why Is Mr W. Laughing? is her documentary feature debut.
Filmography
Sirenen (2010), Was Keiner Weiß (2010), My Mystical Self (2011), Flash Frames (2012), The Movement of the Planets (2014), Sun Swallow (2014), Künstler von Unten (2017), Why is Mr W. Laughing? (2017).
