Films by Philipp Gromov

Germany, Brasil 2018, 88 min
by Hans Block, Moritz Riesewieck

When you post something on the web, can you be sure it stays there? Enter a hidden shadow industry of digital cleaning where the Internet rids itself of what it doesn’t like.. violence, pornography and.. political content. Who is controlling what we see and what we think?

Germany 2016, 82 min
by Olga Delane

After living for 20 years in Berlin, Olga Delane returns to her family in Siberia. Members of her familiy and the village community comment on her modern, single life in the city, and tell her about their own none-too-happy marriages. Their relationships are traditional and practical: the man is the head of the household, the woman takes care of the housekeeping – and in fact, everything else. And what about love? “Love, marriage, it’s only a custom,” an elderly woman says. “If your husband hits you, take a frying pan and hit him right back,” she advises. “If you give in once, he will always beat you.” In the end, children and family are what life is about, the interviewees all agree. At times amusing and moving, the elegantly filmed scenes paint a picture of a hard farming life with little room for romance. But when all the unhappily married uncles and aunts are dancing cheerfully together at a village celebration, Olga is left alone on the sidelines. (World Sales Taskovski Films LTD.)http://siberian-love.com/

Germany 2012, 60 min
by Natalia Mikhaylova

One day at a bus station in Ingushetia, Zelim was arrested and brought to a police station. The policemen tried to force him to confess to a crime that he has not committed. For five days Zelim was tortured. They didn’t succeed in making him lie. Zelim survived but couldn't talk and walk for more than 9 months. Lost and curious he is now running through Oslo.