Rodica (40) and her children, Maria (14) and Patrick (18), struggle to find each other's coordinates in order to have a balanced family life. Blue is a film about love, fear, anxiety, and the emotions that emerge at their intersection.
The competition between the two brothers begins at the seaside. As brothers, they know each other best and become each other's most prominent opponents. The younger brother admires his older brother's natural talents. However, the older brother secretly has a “fatal” weakness. In the three rounds of the competition, lasting two minutes each, they express their secrets to each other.
Will the Skateboarding God descend upon a twelve-year-old child? If possible, please let the wind carry its message. Yang has prayed countless times in his heart, but reality doesn't quite match his imagination. “No risk, no reward”. Perhaps a life of skateboarding is destined to be an adventurous journey.
Little Stone, the boy from the mountain, left his grandmother - they depended on each other for life. In his lonely waiting, he counted the days that passed by. Unfortunately, there was no time for them to say goodbye.
Will time really wash everything away? Little Stone believes that time will eventually make them meet again.
There is Portugal, there is the Portuguese language and there is a Ukrainian filmmaker who learns the language and approaches the role of the potential migrant. There is also a play of words: zangar and o zangāo. How is it possible to express such an empowering emotion like anger in the fragile attempts of a beginner? The video essay is woven from the filmmaker's narration, language classes, personal videos and archival images from Kyiv – revealing the split reality of anyone who is finding a safe place abroad while longing for home, which is under the constant danger of war.
DOK Industry is realised with the support of Creative Europe MEDIA Programme of the European Union, the Mitteldeutsche Medienförderung (MDM) and the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media upon a Decision of the German Bundestag.