Films by Ralf Jakubski

Germany 2017, 96 min
by Barbara Lubich, Michael Sommermeyer

Dresden in summer 2015: Patriotic Europeans against the Islamisation of the West – PEGIDA – march through the center of the city while in the outskirts thousands of refugees move into makeshift camps. Banda Communal, a brass band from Dresden, started to give welcoming concerts there and to welcome refugee musicians. Banda Communal becomes Banda International.The documentary follows the musicians throughout one year – from being an integration project to a band celebrated throughout Germany.DOK

Germany 2013, 88 min
by Stephanie Weimar

Gregor and Stephanie are siblings who couldn’t be more different. She jets across the world, living with women. It’s not even worth her while to rent a flat because she is so committed to being on the road and getting away from the narrow confines of home. Her top priority is self-fulfilment. Her brother Gregor, on the other hand, looks for contemplation, steadiness and a vocation in this world. A monastery, in a nutshell. To understand his choice, Stephanie Weimar takes up the camera and accomp