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What does it mean to live in a neighborhood? What does the place where you live mean to you? Who lives next-door? In the summer of 2017, 140 people who live on and around Rosa-Luxemburg Platz in Berlin's 'Mitte' district were interviewed. These conversations were turned into a series of short films that provide personal insights into diverse lives. Behind each door there's a different story: long-standing Mitte dwellers, founders of start-ups, centenarians, globetrotters, those pining for the old East Germany, and students. There are people who have lived here for two months or sixty years; people who grew up in what used to be East or West Germany, in Latin America, Russia, or former Yugoslavia. A neighborhood full of diversity and contradictions. Some call it their home, others just the place they live, while still others think of it as a real neighborhood or 'kiez'. And yet, memories and emotions associated with this place connect them all as neighbors.
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What does it mean to live in a neighborhood? What does the place where you live mean to you? Who lives next-door? In the summer of 2017, 140 people who live on and around Rosa-Luxemburg Platz in Berlin's 'Mitte' district were interviewed. These conversations were turned into a series of short films that provide personal insights into diverse lives. Behind each door there's a different story: long-standing Mitte dwellers, founders of start-ups, centenarians, globetrotters, those pining for the old East Germany, and students. There are people who have lived here for two months or sixty years; people who grew up in what used to be East or West Germany, in Latin America, Russia, or former Yugoslavia. A neighborhood full of diversity and contradictions. Some call it their home, others just the place they live, while still others think of it as a real neighborhood or 'kiez'. And yet, memories and emotions associated with this place connect them all as neighbors.
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Genre:Documentary
Directed By:Christophe Knoch, Lisann Behm, Fritzie Benesch, Lili Duchow, Kai Ehlers, Yannick Geske, Ana Hupe, Matthias Jochmann, Thomas Kowalski, Helena Kühnemann, Julie Kuschel, Simón Lobos, Hannes Raphael Beere, Anne Retzlaff, Carlotta-Marie Romano, Donata Schmidt-Werthern, Linda Udre, Hannah Ugé, Kathrin Unger, Marlon Weber, Julius Weigel, Laura Wiegand, Leon Wienhold, Yasmin El Yassini
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Runtime:464 minutes
Studio:Phenomen Berlin
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