Stardust

“I want the film to shine a light on a region of the world that is unfortunately all too rarely discussed, and, if at all, usually in far too romanticized terms. The story is not about the Silk Road, eagle hunters, or throat singing. It is about portraying a current reality and society, about gaining insights into the lives of many people and being able to draw your own conclusions from these impressions. The subject of rocket debris concerns me because it condenses many aspects of current Russian imperialism and its ambitions for power that have taken shape since the end of the Soviet Union. They are reflected, in a microcosm, in the way Russia conducts itself towards former Soviet republics and how, with a certain self-righteousness, it pursues its own interests on foreign soil without regard for the local population.”