Films by Erec Brehmer

Germany 2023, 86 min
by Benjamin Rost

Imad, Nourdine, Walid and Hamza live in a stone cave under a lighthouse in Melilla. Every night, the Moroccan teenagers break into the nearby port. There, they try to climb unnoticed onto ships bound for the Spanish mainland. They and dozens of other children have formed their own community under the protection of the rocks. Director Benjamin Rost documents the impressive lives of the young people over a period of five years. The film's title describes the widespread practice of illegal North Af

Germany 2021, 81 min
by Erec Brehmer

For filmmaker Erec Brehmer, a world collapses when his longtime partner Angelina Zeidler dies in a common car accident. With the help of amateur videos, voice messages, diary entries and music they listened to together, he sets out to find places and situations in which he can meet his deceased girlfriend again. The result is not only a powerful, authentic document of coming to terms with grief, but also a sensual invitation to life.A story about identity after the loss of a loved one. (36 DOK.f