An undertaker who actually wanted to become an entertainer is now the last companion of those who die lonely deaths in Berlin, and finds his very own way between banality and meaning.
Berlin
After the Future
“After the Future” tells a story of life after the non-occurrence of an expected death, the need for sovereignty and legitimacy. It is also an intimate portrayal of a complex personality.
Chaja & Mimi
Chaja Florentin and Mimi Frons, grown up in Berlin, had to escape to Palestine from the Nazis in 1934. In a café in Tel Aviv they reflect about their difficult relationship to Berlin.
Bye Bye Berlin
“Between the dismantling of the wheel and the erection of the cross, Berlin died for me”. That’s what Italian filmmaker Antonio Nábolo said. He was referring to the dismantling of the robber wheel in front of the Volksbühne, at the end of Frank Castorf’s directorship, and the erection of the cross on the dome of the Humboldt Forum. It is done: after 1066 days, almost three years, Berlin’s agony has ended. “Bye Bye Berlin” by Antonio Nábolo and Eberhard Spreng documents the dying process, a film-within-a-film adventure, a journey through the labyrinth of Berlin’s present and history.
Berlin Excelsior
A film about life in a reinforced concrete construction, about self-optimisation and the success that will soon – very soon! – come.
Half a chicken from the heavens
While everyone else is watching soccer, 74 years old Mevla W. is fighting to keep her apartment. She lives in 3 rooms in a central neighborhood in Berlin.
Cloud Making Machine
Firas, Jallow and Batoul just arrived in Berlin. They meet one another in a theater group. Through video letters, they reveal their deepest emotions to their families and friends back in their war-torn or poverty-stricken home countries.