Synopsis
Amid violent clashes between environmental activists and the police in the Hambach forest, film student Steffen Meyn lost his life in a tragic accident. Here is the chronicle of his journey deep into the world of activists and a retrospective look at the participants, their doubts, motivations, and vision for the future.
Awards
Emden International Film Festival | Focus Future Award , Filmkunstfest MV | Best Documentary
Director's Biography
Fabiana FRAGALE: Italian-Swiss filmmaker Fabiana Fragale was born in Zurich in 1994. She has been a resident of Cologne since 2015 and is a student at the Academy of Media Arts Cologne. Her documentary and fictional works deal mostly with anti-capitalist and intersectional feminist themes. In 2018 she founded the art collective Polsprung.
Kilian KUHLENDAHL: Kilian Kuhlendahl is graduated from the Academy of Media Arts Cologne in 2017 and have since worked in various narrative formats as director and author such as film, audio book and graphic novel.
As a member of the Polsprung collective, Kilian creates multi-perspectival spatial installations and performances.
Jens MÜHLHOFF: Jens Mühlhoff, born 1991 in Wuppertal, studied at the Academy of Media Arts Cologne from 2011 - 2018. His works as an artist often investigate and deal with places of public and semi-public space and thus explore the everyday realization of politics. For several years he has worked as a director and writer on various film productions and as artistic director for independent art projects.
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