Films by Anna Brass

Germany 2013, 79 min
by Anna Brass

Refugee has to apply for asylum in the country in which they first set foot on European soil. That is a well-established fact. Less well-established is the fact that for 90% of all refugees, the Aegean Sea is the gateway to Europe what does that mean for Greece? Capitulation: the Greek asylum system is completely swamped, both by sheer numbers and financially, and collapsed years ago. No one can stay in Greece, but no one can leave, either: the Greek authorities exercise extreme severity toward

Germany 2010, 72 min
by Anna Brass, Amparo Mejías, Agata Wozniak

Alicia, Ania, Sybille and the Virgin Mary. A snap- shot of three women and their lives, revolving around Catholicism. Alicia lives in Seville with her four year old daughter Nazareth. Great demands lie on daily life and motherhood. Mother and daughter take part in the processions of the Holy Week. Alicia is seeking comfort and hope from the Mother of God. Ania works as an organist in a church in Poland. Catholicism is a deep rooted expression of the identity of the country, with Mary being the

Germany 2010, 18 min
by Anna Brass, Magdalena Hutter

When Vera Bondy came to Montréal in 1953, she had already decided to leave her past behind, to become a ‘normal’ person again. She enjoys living in this lively city and appreciates it for its cultural diversity and the omnipresence of the arts. Art, she says, is good company. But over the years she has realized that time doesn't heal, and the past becomes more present every day. Until it finally appears again in the very concrete form of ‘Hlas Pudy’ a magazine written by children in the Terezín