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German Competition 2020
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Borderland
Andreas Voigt
Along the river Oder: Virulent questions about homeland and community, everyday life and politics, asked with confident casualness, provide an account of the present.
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Borderland

Grenzland
Andreas Voigt
German Competition 2020
Documentary Film
Germany,
Poland
2020
100 minutes
English,
German,
Polish
Subtitles: 
German

The river Oder: A historical and cultural landscape churned again and again by the tide of events of the past century. A tale told in concentric circles about a region which was and still is the scene of the beginning, end and open middle of voluntary and involuntary migrations. Virulent issues of daily life and politics that, asked with confident casualness, provide a robust account of the present.

Movements and stories in the border region between Poland and Germany – Andreas Voigt’s new film takes up the themes of his 1992 work “Borderland – A Journey”. The charged term “homeland” stirs up (trouble in) the minds and hearts of the people: What it once was and what has become of it! Sure, that’s not the top priority in their daily agenda. But how people appropriate this term and how that in turn structures their attitudes also determines how they figure out the taste of life in the here and now of Europe. The search for closeness is confronted with the insistence on distance. Communication about belonging becomes flimsy because the body language says something different than the spoken word. As a film that’s not about administering a politically correct separation diet, “Borderland” provokes experiences and enables encounters.
Ralph Eue

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Director
Andreas Voigt
Cinematographer
Marcus Lenz, Maurice Wilkerling
Editor
Ina Tangermann
Producer
Barbara Etz, Kazimierz Beer, Klaus Schmutzer
Co-Producer
MDR Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk, RBB Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg
Sound
Gerhard Ziegler, Peter Carstens, METRIX
Commissioning Editor
Thomas Beyer, Rolf Bergmann
Funder
Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg GmbH, PISF, Poland Polish-German Film Fonds, Filmbüro MV, Nordmedia, Mitteldeutsche Medienförderung GmbH, BKM