Films by Christian Fussenegger

Germany 2022, 75 min
by Christian Fussenegger, Bernadette Hauke

"Courage means being able to ignore inner conflicts, maybe not being so cerebral all the time"In February 2021, a group of young people occupied a piece of forest in Southern Germany, to prevent it from being cleared for a gravel pit. They received great support from the local community.  Samuel and Charlie have been living  permanently in the Altdorf Forest, and have since dropped out of school. The young activists organize new forms of climate protest campaigns, in a a region that has never se

Germany 2020, 25 min
by Bernadette Hauke

When the ground wobbles under his feet, Laurin knows: only a few roots prevent it from sinking into the swamp. He doesn't find that scary, but rather exciting. Marshes are habitat for many plants and animals and they store more CO2 than all trees combined. That is why Laurin wants to prevent peat from being extracted and the last of the marshes from being destroyed imore and more.