Films by David Schittek

Germany, Russia 2020, 20 min
by Viktor Brim

Quiet, dark shots of nocturnal fog, of a mine, a dump truck or a wreck, of huge earth craters and new surface contours created by excavation. Raw material extraction, economisation and exploitation of nature are the themes of this visual study. It’s accompanied by an unobtrusive, but threatening and assertive sound that underlines the mystic quality of the images. Post-industrial landscapes become post-apocalyptic. (DOK Leipzig, Borjana Gaković)

Germany 2019, 85 min
by Daniel Abma

A huge construction project will change Germany´s most notorious bottleneck forever - a long-term observation over eight years of people living in Spa town Bad Oeynhausen. A film about Germany, small town society and a huge motorway."The spa town of Bad Oeynhausen: Every day, thousands of trucks roll through the city centre and over the B 61 federal road which connects the A2 and A30 motorways, respectively Warsaw and Amsterdam. When the threat of losing its status as a health resort looms on th

Germany 2016, 104 min
by Jakob Schmidt

TO BE A TEACHER tells the emotional story of three young teachers and their first years in school, aperiod called 'Referendariat' in Germany. Here they come to realize that their studies did not preparethem at all for what it means to work in one of the most responsible and important jobs of society.A rare insight into fabricating the most essential resources of modern times: education. A coming ofage story of three young people whose idealism clashes with a harsh reality.With: Ralf Credner, Ka