Films by Florian Baron

Germany 2018, 83 min
by Florian Baron

In their voice-overs, five young Afghanistan war veterans from Pittsburgh first establish familiar foundations: The trauma of 9/11, the ideology of violent retribution, military service as a patriotic family tradition, the 'unfairness' of todaymins warfare. They are slow to show us their faces. Physically unharmed but full of inner pain they have become the misunderstood upon their return.(new docs world sales)Jury Statement DEFA Sponsoring Prize for an outstanding long German documentary film,

Germany 2012, 60 min
by Florian Baron

An autobiographical essay. The images of this film are impressions of a journey to places of loneliness. The text is my journal. The remoteness I find in Japan and Easter Island brings back a feeling from my childhood: a fear of being alone, and a longing for it.