Kurzinterview: Lola Randl

How long did it take to make DIE LEIDEN DES HERRN KARPF? Was it difficult to get financing?
That's a tricky question, as we are talking about a series of shorts with a common character, namely Mr. Karpf. I think it took about half a year to develop Mr. Karpf as a character and a concept. Since then each individual episode only requires about a week of development and three days of shooting. But of course you cannot tell exactly, because we do not develop an episode for an entire week, but rather carry Mr. Karpf around with us all the time, developing the stories bit by bit.
The second part of your question is very simple to answer, as there was no financing at all. Up to now I have paid for all episodes myself.

Which thoughts come to mind concerning a “European cinema community”?
European cinema is hard to define, except that most films made in Europe are independent films in one way or another. And they tend to cross borders, just as Mr. Karpf does, which is shot in Austria and produced in Germany.

If you owned a theatre for one night, which films would you screen?
LA MAMAN ET LA PUTAIN (THE MOTHER AND THE WHORE by Jean Eustache, France 1973).

What is your next project?
It's called THE INVENTION OF LOVE and it will be my second feature film.