Films by Carla Muresan

Germany 2024, 77 min
by Daria Kuschev

Germany's only Russian Orthodox women's monastery is located in a small town near Munich. Under the lead of Abbess Maria, 13 sisters of international origin live there, following a strict hierarchical order. As servants of God, the nuns increasingly disappear from the normal world, almost as if they had already 'died'. Symbolically, they always wear black clothes.Nevertheless, the sisters also have to attend to worldly matters, such as everyday work in and around the building, receiving pilgrims and, last but not least, securing the future of their convent.

Germany, Czech Republic 2021, 90 min
by Helen Simon

Over 3 billion people living worldwide are fighting for their survival due to exploitation. 2,4 million are being forced into human trafficking every year. It is the culmination of a centurys long struggle with dehumanization. It is an epidemic fever infecting us all, an outcry of mankind’s soul. If we listen closely, it will tell us a tale. VOICES FROM THE FIRE tells of a revolution of power. A power once stolen, being slowly regained. It is the power of the poor, the desperate, the unprooted, the unseen and the voiceless. This is their voices, it is their tale.