"... The ship we are on today is now sailing into the shoreless, the open sea and you ask where to? I'm just a sailor… ” Schiff 1931 / Joachim Ringelnatz
March 2020: The pandemic was spreading and the country went silent. Dance halls were empty, clubs closed, theater and cinema screenings became rare, music festivals were canceled, event technicians swept their halls, and the battle against bureaucratic hurdles had long since begun. For my friend Guenther and me - filmmakers and musicians ourselves - many things changed, and we asked ourselves anew the question of the meaning of artistic creation.
The film takes us on a journey. The very personal narrative is shaped by the stories and life paths of our artist-friends and their artistic creations and the pros and cons of the crisis. It establishes a connection between the artists and the audience, talks about the happiness of a creative life and shows us that there can be a way out of the crisis.
No bread without circuses
Susanna Wüstneck
Born in 1964 in East Berlin. Worked as a nursery school teacher, poet
and musician. Active as a writer, director, producer, composer and
cinematographer.
2011 VOLKSWEISEN, Dokumentarfilm
2012 BIS ANS ENDE – LEBEN UND STERBEN, Dokumentarfilm
2013 KIDS MIT HANDICAPS – EINE LANGE GESCHICHTE, Dokumentarfilm
2015 MITFAHRGELEGENHEIT BERLIN – MÜNSTER - ENTFERNUNGEN UND BEGEGNUNGEN, Dokumentarfilm
2016 ICH SEHE WAS, WAS DU NICHT SIEHST - BARRIEREN EINER STADT, Dokumentation
LOVE & SEX & ROCK’N’ROLLSTUHL – BEHINDERUNG, SELBSTBESTIMMUNG, SEXUALITÄT, Dokumentarfilm
2018 KEINHEIMATFILM - WILLKOMMEN IN DEUTSCHLAND, Dokumentarfilm
2022 PERSPEKTIVWECHSEL, Kurzfilm
TECHTELMECHTEL, Kurzfilm
QUARANTÄNE, Kurzfilm
SUPERMARKT, Kurzfilm
FLEISCH, Kurzdokumentarfilm
KEIN BROT OHNE SPIELE, Dokumentarfilm, HOF 2022