Border Conversations

by Jonathan Brunner
  • 2022 FILMAKADEMIE Baden-Württemberg
  • 2022 FILMAKADEMIE Baden-Württemberg
  • 2022 FILMAKADEMIE Baden-Württemberg
  • 2022 FILMAKADEMIE Baden-Württemberg
  • 2022 FILMAKADEMIE Baden-Württemberg
  • 2022 FILMAKADEMIE Baden-Württemberg

    Synopsis

    In November 2021, people tried to enter the EU via Belarus and Poland, but the route turned out to be a death trap. All access points to the border region were blocked in order not to create an escape corridor. Men, women and children were stuck in no man’s land – in the middle of winter, in the middle of the forest, for weeks. The film follows Polish activists on their mission. They learn that humanitarian aid, just like the refugees themselves, comes up against borders. [65 DOK Leipzig, Luc-Carolin Ziemann]

    Festivals

    2022
    Silver Dove German competition – 65 DOK Leipzig
    26 Ji.hlava IDFF
    Filmschau Baden-Württemberg
    2023
    MiradasDocs IDFF
    52 sehnsüchte – Int. Student FF
    megaherz Student Award – 38 DOK.fest Munich
    YOUNG C. AWARD – CIVIS Medienpreis
    Palm Springs Shortfest
    up-and-coming IFF Hannover