Diana Markosian: Exhibition Opening and Panel Talk
The artist in conversation with Alissa Jung and Stini Röhrs
Image credit: Diana Markosian, from the series Father, 2014-2025 © Diana Markosian
Inspired by Diana Markosian’s exhibition Father, which opens at Fotografiska Berlin on the same evening, this panel explores how the absence of family members shapes someone’s identity and feeling of belonging.
Markosian shares her personal journey of estrangement and reconnection based on the relationship to her father, while filmmaker Alissa Jung reflects on how these themes unfold in cinematic storytelling.
Moderated by director and photographer Stini Röhrs, the discussion highlights how art can confront trauma, open paths toward healing, and reveal the power of storytelling to transform absence into connection.
MEET THE SPEAKERS
Alissa Jung
Alissa Jung is a German screenwriter, director, actress, and doctor. Her feature film debut as a director, Paternal Leave, premiered at the 2025 Berlinale and went on to win multiple awards, including the Jury Prize of the AG Kino-Gilde Cinema Vision 14plus at the Berlinale, Best Director at the BCN Film Fest in Barcelona, Best Emerging Director at the Raindance Film Festival in London, and the Audience Award at the Bellaria Film Festival in Italy.
In addtion, she was nominated for the Grimme Award for her lead role in Das Menschenmögliche, directed several short films and worked in the medical field.
Stini Röhrs
Stini Röhrs is a German Director and Photographer based in Berlin and Paris. Since 2024, she has been Professor of Moving Image at the Berlin University of the Arts (UdK). With a background in art history and visual communication (UdK Berlin, Pratt Institute New York), she moves between film, photography, and performance and investigates how intimacy, movement, and collective experience are inscribed into contemporary image production.
Her work has been exhibited internationally, including at the Hamburger Bahnhof – National Gallery of Contemporary Art (Berlin), Centre Pompidou (Paris), Manifesta Biennial (Zurich), and the Kunstverein Familie Montez (Frankfurt a. Main).