EUROPE, SHE LOVES weaves together the stories of four couples on the fringes of Europe: Siobhan and Terry in Dublin want to live without drugs; in Tallinn, Veronika hopes Harri will get along better with her son, Artur; Penny wants to leave Thessaloniki, and the older Niko, to work in Italy; and Juan and Caro in Seville, newly in love, hardly think about the future.
Capitalism
Luft zum Atmen
For 40 years, the Group of Oppositional Trade Unionists (GoG) wrote company policy at Opel in Bochum. In doing so, it helped the workforce become one of the most militant in the German automotive industry.
GE8EN
GE8EN is a fragmented portrait of a protest culture between the police and party. Filmed during the G8 summit in Heiligendamm, it questions the representation of reality in the chaotic high-pressure zone between power and protest.
Hamburger Gitter
170 investigators are working on hundreds of cases against militants and people involved in rioting and looting. Severe punishments have been demanded and imposed in over 40 cases so far. The state lost control in Hamburg in summer 2017 and is now trying ensure that it doesn’t happen again.
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.
Frozen Conflict
Three soldiers are standing guard at the riverbank. Not a particularly dramatic situation – more a sort of Waiting for Godot. Starting from the trilateral post, the film sets out in search of the „conflict“ between Moldova and Transnistria.