Hannah Platzer

An annual battle of Dresden’s culture of commemoration and the question of authority to interpret history breaks out.

Luka, Aleks, Tasnim and Freya are a tightly-knit group. At the beginning of their long-awaited future, an unplanned act of violence drives the four to the edge of their friendship.

A short film from the book Bad Thoughts by Nada Alic.

The 1980s of the GDR – Frank’s puppeteer group is arrested for distributing pacifist leaflets. After being sentenced to imprisonment, the defendants are offered the opportunity to go to the West through a secret buy-out of political prisoners. Frank remains. The same goes for the question of who betrayed them? Different truths and memories stand side by side. The focus is on a person who never tries to act from an attitude of victimization and who depicts his very personal way of dealing with the GDR dictatorship.

For 17-year-old Johanna, a vacation in the idyllic countryside of Piecht is anything but relaxing. While her mother dreams of an ecological alternative to city life, a real nightmare unfolds for Johanna when she confronts the far-right, close-knitted community and encounters brutal resistance.

Behind the lonely existence of a vampire in her decaying home lies the tender story of an unbroken love and deceptive melancholy.

Four people decide to flee to Europe, each on their own. As they face various challenges, their experiences merge into a common story without getting lost in the mass of reporting.