Films by Szilvia Ruszev

Germany 2010, 92 min
by Gamma Bak / Gamma Bak Filmproduktion

HEAD COLD is a personal long-term observational documentary about psychosis, still a tabooed topic. It follows my attempt to return to a "normal" life - since the mid-90s I had several psychotic breakdowns, which were treated in mental hospitals. The film was shot over 5 years and also uses my archives since 1992. What happened to me is not just relevant on an individual level. It reveals at which points the emancipation from the stigma caused by this illness can occur. My own story is both the

Germany, India 2009
by Supriyo Sen

Each night the only border crossing between India and Pakistan on a 1000km stretch becomes the sight of an extraordinary event. Thousands of people gather to witness the ritual closing of the border, after which the masses get as close as possible to the gate to greet their former neighbors. This "festival" is therefore on the one hand a celebration of the partition, but on the other hand also the only connecting element. What do the terms separation, home and proximity mean to the people on bot