Brown Sugar Films

Germany 2011
by Joachim Bornemann

Two men, one dream and a VW van. Kay and Bernd want to travel from Hamburg to South Africa in an 18 year old Volkswagen van. All on their own they want to cross the dark continent to get to the World Championship of football. On the road they do everything to get live reports of the rise in the league of their football team FC St. Pauli. While they experience one catastrophe after another at the border of Ethiopia and Kenia, St. Pauli wins a major game in Fürth. Will they ever reach South Africa for even bigger games?

Germany 2008, 90 min
by Joachim Bornemann

In summer 2006, the reports were coming thick and fast that, after 30 years of waiting, the stadium's new building would become reality. The cult club FC St. Pauli embarking on a new era will be documented by this feature-length film. The goal here is to make more than just a football film. Rather, wewant to trace the unique atmosphere and feeling of Sankt Pauli. How does the interaction function between the club and its fans who live in the immediate neighbourhood? What is it that draws the people into the Millerntor stadium.A fan isn't just a fan, especially here where the fan scene is very complex and open at the same time accompanied the team of FC St. Pauli in the 2006/07 second season on their almost hopeless journey to the magnificent promotion into the 2nd Bundesliga. Harbour, Kiez, the Schanze and Karo quarters, the construction of the South Stand until 2008 and the team's progress provide the framework for ourstories the club, its fans and neighbours.Music: Kettcar, Die Sterne, Tomte, Bela B. vs. Urban Delights, Urban Delights, Björn Beton, Beginner