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The President of the German Film Academy, actor Ulrich Matthes, is critical of the video campaign #allesdichtmachen.

He's assuming good intentions.

"This good intention just went wrong," said Matthes of the German press agency on Saturday.

He was very surprised at the allegation in most of the videos that there was no discourse on whether the measures in the pandemic were justified.

“This discourse has been going on in the media for a year.

It is run in the Bundestag, it is run by the regulars' tables, we all run it permanently, ”said Matthes.

"And by means of this supposed satire, the colleagues complain that this discourse did not take place and thus - and that is my main criticism - indirectly provide support for the lateral thinker scene and the AfD."

Under the keyword #allesdichtmachen, several actors commented on the corona policy in Germany with ironic-satirical clips.

Some participants later distanced themselves from their contributions.

Some videos have been removed from the website, such as contributions by Meret Becker, Kostja Ullmann and Heike Makatsch.

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“I find the crocodile tears that some of the colleagues are crying now, that they have been so thoroughly misunderstood, completely incomprehensible because some text modules could almost literally come from the lateral thinker scene,” said Matthes.

He has been President of the German Film Academy in Berlin for two years.

The action also sparked debates in the film industry.

"There have been wild reactions against these videos," said Matthes.

“There were also threats to leave the film academy.

I hope they won't come true.

I have to keep the place together somehow.

Sure there are - as in any larger group, we are a good 2,000 members - people who thought it was great. ”He will seek the conversation and try to smooth things over.

"Complaint that theaters and cinemas have been closed across the board"

Because of the pandemic, for example, cinemas, theaters and museums in Germany had to close for months.

Matthes does not find the action of his colleagues very constructive.

“When I watched these videos for the first time, stunned, I also thought: What do you want with your joke?

What is the counter-proposal?

What is the constructive aspect of this action now? "

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He continues to fear the marginalization of the cultural scene, said the 61-year-old in Berlin.

“I complain that the theaters, cinemas, operas, concert halls - although they have taken care of the most intelligent hygiene measures - have simply been shut down across the board.

Many institutions, including the German Film Academy, have repeatedly addressed this. "

“But that is also a bit depressing: That in these excited times of social networks, the rapid ups and downs, these nonsense videos achieve a greater social response than the perhaps not so prominent but serious voices of people who stand for institutions and they try to differentiate, weigh up and still be critical. "