Films by Anja Unger

2021, 52 min
by Anja Unger

Germany, after 1945: thousands of 'occupation babies' are born. Their mothers are German, their farthers from one of the occupation armies. British, Americans and Russians regard these children as a private matter - but not the French. They see a 'national treasure' to be brought home for adoption - an ambitious but scandalous project to stimulate France's demographic development. Robbed of their German identity, many adoptive children still know little about their roots. 'Enfants d'État' accompanies two women trying to reconstruct the first years of their lives in Germany.

France 2010, 74 min
by Anja Unger

Due to a cancer, Annick had to submit mastectomy. She has decided to stay “asymmetric”. To brake the tabu she organizes a project of exposition around the topic “amazon body”. By looks and glimpses, by the work of plastic artists and photographers, the film questions this reappropriation of the body and interrogates the vision of a woman and of the female beauty.

France 2009, 49 min
by Anja Unger

On the Road to Santiago: What happens if you suddenly slow down to 4 kilometers per hour? How about advancing solely by your own physical capacities? Your body will ache with the unfamiliar effort, after a few days your mind will start to spin differently… a door inside of you opens, your inner quest may begin. In a way, a pilgrimage is a peaceful, slow and yet radical break from everyday life.