The Choices We Made
A FEATURE DOCUMENTARY BY FRIEDERIKE GÜSSEFELD

After 20 years, our director returns to her mother’s hometown, wich she only knew from vague childhood memories and stories. Over the decades, the inhabitants have collected countless stories, with death as a recurring theme. The different perspectives come together to form narratives, uncovering ever deeper layers of the village’s past. Gossip and wisdom about life and death form a picture of life and deaths in this rural town.

This formally strictly structured documentary is a chronic of life and death, yet still trying to look forward to a promising future.

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Germany 2015
ARRI Alexa/ DCP
Runtime: 71 Minuten

 

Director/Script: Friederike Güssefeld

DOP: Tim Kuhn

Editor: Sven Heußner

Producers: Thomas Herberth, Florian Brüning, Anja Dehghan, Mike Dehghan

Production: Horse&Fruits Munich, High5Films

 

32. Kasseler Dokumentarfilm- und Videofest 2015

13. Dokumentarfilmwoche Hamburg 2016

45. Sehsüchte International Student Film Festival 2016