Context Film - Magnus Froböse Medienproduktion

Germany 2008
by Kirsten Esch

The Jewish children survived the holocaust in hiding, in fear and loneliness without their parents. But they also felt love in the families who sheltered the children at risk of their own life. As if by miracle Eva found her rescuer again after 62 years. A nun hided the little child in a Polish convent from the Nazis and lovingly cared about her. But after the war Eva emigrated with her father to Canada without a chance to say goodbye. Today Sister Klara is 96 years old and awaits eagerly her li

Germany 2007
by Alix Francois Meier

Kangiqsujuaq is a small village in Ungava Bay in Canadas arctic north. When the ocean retracts during lowtide it leaves hundreds of caves under the pack ice. It is here that the Inutit will find mussels, which used to be an important source of food during the long arctic winters. To collect them, one has to dig a hole 9 feet deep through the ice. An extremely dangerous venture, as no where else on this planet the tide comes in as fast as here, at 25 miles per hour and the ice is getting increas