German Competition Documentary Film 2

Animals caught by chance by Google Maps car cameras disrupt the claim of capturing the world accurately. Their appearance in the image creates – involuntarily – funny situations.

Do you think of what a memorial is meant to remind you of? An enlightening tour of Leipzig, “City of Heroes” of the Peaceful Revolution, and the grey areas of a contemporary culture of remembrance.

A man records words to preserve his voice. He finds it increasingly difficult to articulate. A film about voice and identity – and about what exists between the words.

As Johannes Kloosterhuis meticulously paints his miniature houses with a paintbrush and stencil, the reclusive artist muses on different forms of dwelling and being.

A young man seems to get lost between his family home, Berlin darkrooms and a shared flat in Madrid. The clinical psychiatry reports are juxtaposed with heart-wrenching diary entries.