Films by Sabine Herpich

Germany 2020, 105 min
by Sabine Herpich

At the art workshop for people with disabilities in Berlin Spandau, 16 artits work from Monday to Friday – and their work is defined as gainful employment. The art workshop is part of a whole range of workshops, where contract work for the industry is completed. Here, Art is produced on the same terms.Observing the artists at work, one can clearly see how persistently they are fighting for the desired expression. It reveals something substantial about the aim of art: Giving shape to the world, t

Germany 2014, 80 min
by Sabine Herpich, Diana Botescu

When their economic situation worsened, Carmen and George Badea decided to leave Romania. The question in which country a better life would be possible was not the most important and it was more by chance that they decided on Germany. Lacking both contacts and German language skills, they spend their first winter in an abandoned garden house in Berlin. The film accompanies the family for nine months, during which they are no longer on the streets, but are also without stable income. The film als