Films by Nina von Guttenberg

Germany 2010, 80 min
by Dario Aguirre

Since more than 10 years the director Dari­o Aguirre lives between two totally different worlds, Germany and Ecuador. He decides to make an extraordinary journey, visiting five unknown men called Dari­o Aguirre as well: One in Mexico and four in Argentina. To meet each other develops into a reconcilement with their own past lives and permits a briefly glance into the protagonists present time.For two months Dario shares five different lives, adapting himself to situations and activities he has never done before. He tries to lose his fear of the extension of his visa with the Mexican psychologist, Dario Aguirre. He learns to drive a car with the cabby, Dari­o Aguirre, in Buenos Aires; he experiences the life of a soldier with the Sergeant Major Dari­o Aguirre; he philosophizes with the security guard, Dari­o Aguirre, at the gate over the question "Who am I"; and he observes the influence the upcoming birth is having on future father, Dari­o Aguirre.

Germany 2010, 89 min
by Jan Peters

When Jan Peters' girlfriend accidently takes his wallet on a trip to foreign climes, she leaves the filmmaker standing in Frankfurt Airport without a penny to his name. The only capital he possesses is a group ticket for the public transport system. After hearing about people who supplement their inadequate incomes by “escorting” groups of tourists across the city, Mr. Peters decides to apply the same method to his own situation. The filmmaker starts a business as an "independent travel escort" and enters an obscure world of supplementary jobs and adventurous business models. During his trips he encounters troubled, laden, indifferent and optimistic souls, as well as those trying to cast off their abject yoke with courage, solidarity and creativity. The audience is confronted with the demise of familiar employment structures and is introduced to concepts designed for a future without full employment..