Films by Arne Strackholder

Germany 2016, 67 min
by Arne Strackholder

Germany – a weapon-free zone. Most people here have never held a real gun in their hands. They try it out with models and simulation games. The film observes an Airsoft club in Bonn where the members copy, down to the last detail, the appearence of U.S. elite soldiers. Only the somewhat inept training sessions reveal that it’s not real soldiers who offer training here. The film accompanies the model builder Matthias Schmeier who assembles delicate dioramas of the Arabian Spring – driven by the d