What remains - journalists in crisis areas

Images of destroyed houses, crying women and children, injured soldiers – every day we are confronted with such scenes, often actually overwhelmed. The whole world seems to be in turmoil. The terrible news of our times are on our screens, in newspapers, and on television. But who actually delivers these news? And how do these people deal with it?

The film accompanies three female journalists during their work in crisis areas. India/Afghanistan, Belarus/Ukraine, Uganda/Congo – these are the countries from which these women report. They have to deal with patriarchal structures, dictators, and terrorist organizations. They constantly oscillate between exceptional situations and their private lives. The film asks how the three manage to deal with the experiences they have in their work. How the boundaries between profession and vocation become blurred and how any sort of breathing space is missing. And to what extent the fact of them being women plays a role in their reports.

Cast

Silke Diettrich
Juliane Tutein
Simone Schlindwein
Was bleibt - Journalistinnen in Krisenregionen - Poster 1

What remains - journalists in crisis areas

Lotta Pommerien

  • Documentary
Production Country / Year
Germany 2023
Language
de., en., fr., uk. OF mit de. UT
Format
DCP, Color, 78min
1.78:1 (16:9), Discrete 5.1
Original Title
Was bleibt - Journalistinnen in Krisenregionen

Director & Crew

Lotta Pommerien 1

Lotta Pommerien

Born in 1996 in Heidelberg. Studied Journalism and Political Science. Worked for television and production companies. Studied Directing at the Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg. Active as a freelance journalist and TV director.

Filmography

2018 10 FRAGEN AN EINEN SCHLÜSSELDIENST, TV-Beitrag

2020 SONNTAGS EXTRA: DIE MOSEL, TV-Reportage

2020 ZAUNGAST, TV-Reportage

2021 MUTTER SEIN JA/NEIN, TV-Beitrag

2021 SONNTAGS EXTRA: DER MEINRADWEG, TV-Reportage

2022 GUERNSEYS KRIEGSKINDER, TV-Dokumentation

2022 WOHNEN DER ZUKUNFT TERRA XPRESS, TV-Beitrag

2023 ERSCHÖPFUNG UND DEPRESSION – WIE POST-COVID SOPHIES ALLTAG BESTIMMT, TV-Dokumentation

2023 WIE VOM BLITZ GETROFFEN – WENN DAS SCHICKSAL ALLES ÄNDERT + WAS LENA NACH DEM SCHICKSALSSCHLAG WICHTIG IST, TV-Dokumentation

2023 WAS BLEIBT – JOURNALISTINNEN IN KRISENREGIONEN, Dokumentarfilm  HOF 2023

Director of Photography
Hannah Schwarzl
Editor
Elena Liv Felderer
Sound
Moritz Neuschwander
Sound Designer
Timo Kleinemeier
Stefan Erschig
Music Composer
Kilian Oser
Producer
Lotta Pommerien
Fabienne Sailer