Films by Frank Müller

Germany 2023, 180 min
by Dmitri Vologdin, Frank Müller

Even in Soviet times, Crimea, with its pleasant climate and luxurious sanatoriums, was a place of longing for many Russians. The six-part documentary series accompanies the entertainer Spartak and the staff of his 'International Striptease Show' from the pre-war year 2021 to the war year 2023 in the holiday hotspots in Crimea. How does Russia's war of aggression change the people there?

Germany 2021, 92 min
by Antonia Kilian

In order to avoid a forced marriage, 19-year-old Hala finds shelter across the Euphrates, at the Kurdish Female Military. While learning how to fight, she gets inspired by the promise of freeing more women. When the Kurdish military liberates her hometown from ISIS, she returns there as a policewoman authorised to protect other vulnerable women. Hala finds herself ready to fulfil her greatest dream: to free her younger sisters from her father's hand.Τhe threat of a marriage and the brutal stories of female oppression lead women to the other side of the river. They are trained in a strict military style, taught that men are the enemy. But is there freedom to be found between holding a gun against the patriarchic society or be deprived of the possibility to love?