Films by Sven Kulik

Germany 2008, 65 min
by Janek Romero

Figures disguised as comic-book heroes rob delis and distribute their plunder to kindergartens; a student holding down three part-time jobs empties the rubbish bin from the bio-supermarket so as to be able to give her children a proper meal: this film, set in Hamburg, tells the story of these superheroes; it is the story of the precarious lives of middle-class youths, a story of conformity and resignation, and one of visions and spectacular deeds.

Germany 2006
by Nico Raschick (Pi)

They called themselves Hahny’s Break Crew, Dynamics, Big City Breakers, Stretch Breakers (by mistake, because nobody knew how to spell “scratch”), DownTown Lyrics, or Ronny’s Break System: break-dancers in the former GDR. A single body-wave – seen in the early 80’s in a program presented by West-German public broadcaster ZDF – became an entire movement. Teenagers started to perform out on the streets, wearing self-made Puma track-suits, painted fake Adidas trainers, and created their ‘home-made’