Films by Steffi Wurster

2022, 95 min
by Steffi Wurster

In the small Lithuanian town of Rukla, NATO combat troops are training for an emergency. The east-west conflict is real here. While the threat still seems very abstract to some people in the town, others intensively prepare for military conflict. But then the war in Ukraine escalates and a new era begins for everyone.

Germany 2018, 60 min
by Steffi Wurster

Three soldiers are standing guard at the riverbank. Not a particularly dramatic situation – more a sort of Waiting for Godot. The documentary sets out in search of the 'frozen conflict' between the Republic of Moldova and Transnistria. Starting from the observation at the tri-lateral post, the film zooms outward onto the political level. Why have decades of negotiations never brought a solution? With surprising pieces of the puzzle, the film continues to shift our perspective on this political c