The screenings marked with an * will take place in the presence of the director Andrei Schwartz, followed by a Q & A session (partly with other guests).
Hamburg / Metropolis: * 07.09.22 at 7:30 p.m. / Premiere
and 14.09.22 at 7:30 p.m. Hamburg / 3001 Kino * 15.09.22 at 7 p.m.,
20.09.22 at 7 p.m.,
25.09.22 at 1:30 p.m.,
01.10.22 at 1 p.m.,
02.10.22 at 1 p.m.,
08.10.22 at 5 p.m.,
23.10.22 at 4:30 p.m.
and 30.10.22 at 12 p.m. München / Werkstattkino
16.09.22 at 6:15 p.m.,
19.09.22 at 6:15 p.m.,
23.09.22 at 6:15 p.m.
and 26.09.22 at 6:15 p.m. Schwerin / Filmpalast Capitol * 18.09.22 at 8 p.m. Rostock / Lichtspieltheater Wundervoll
(Frieda 23): * 19.09.22 at 7 p.m.
and 26.09.22 at 8 p.m. Berlin / Kino Krokodil * 20.09.22 at 6 p.m.,
21.09.22 at 7 p.m.,
22.09.22 at 5:45 p.m.,
23.09.22 at 5:45 p.m.,
24.09.22 at 6:30 p.m.,
25.09.22 at 5:30 p.m.,
26.09.22 at 5:45 p.m.,
27.09.22 at 5:45 p.m.,
28.09.22 at 7:30 p.m.,
29.09.22 at 6 p.m.,
30.09.22 at 6 p.m. as well as
02.10.22, 03.10.22 and
09.10.22 time pls check website of cinema Berlin / Babylon Mitte: * 20.09.22 at 8 p.m.,
22.09.22 at 8 p.m.,
23.09.22 at 8 p.m.,
24.09.22 at 5:30 p.m.
and 25.09.22 at 6:15 p.m. Dresden / Zentralkino: * 21.09.22 at 8 p.m. Wiesbaden / Murnau Filmtheater: * 22.09.22 at 6 p.m. Frankfurt / Filmforum Höchst: * 22.09.22 at 8:30 p.m. Großhennersdorf / Kunstbauerkino
22.09.22 at 6 p.m.
and 24.09.22 at 6 p.m. Marburg / Capitol Filmkunsttheater: * 23.09.22 at 7:30 p.m.,
29.09.22 at 5 p.m.,
30.09.22 at 5 p.m.
and 04.10.22 at 5 p.m. Hannover / Kino am Raschplatz: * 24.09.22 at 11 a.m.,
25.09.22 at 11 a.m.,
01.10.22 at 11 a.m.
and 02.10.22 at 11 a.m. Bremen / City 46 Kommunalkino: * 26.09.22 at 8 p.m.,
29.09.22 at 5:30 p.m.,
30.09.22 at 8 p.m.,
02.10.22 at 8 p.m.,
04.10.22 at 8 p.m.,
05.10.22 at 5:30 p.m.,
06.10.22 at 8:30 p.m.,
07.10.22 at 6 p.m.,
08.10.22 at 8:30 p.m.,
09.10.22 at 6 p.m.,
10.10.22 at 8 p.m.
and 12.10.22 at 8:30 p.m. Lüneburg / Scala: * 27.09.22 at 7:30 p.m.
and *06.11.22. 11 a.m.
Kiel / Die Pumpe – Koki: * 28.09.22 at 6 p.m. Hamburg / Lichtmess: * 29.09.22 at 8 p.m. Düsseldorf / Metropol:
29.09.22 at 7 p.m.
and 03.10.22 at 3 p.m. Braunschweig / Universum: * 03.10.22 at 7 p.m.,
08.10.22 at 2:45 p.m.
and 10.10.22 at 2 p.m. Leipzig / Passage Kinos: * 04.10.22 at 6:30 p.m.
and 09.10.22 at 11:45 a.m. Regensburg / Filmgalerie: * 05.10.22 at 8 p.m. Tübingen / Arsenal * 06.10.22 at 6 p.m. Pforzheim / Kommunales Kino Pforzheim: * 07.10.22 at 6:30 p.m. Dortmund / Sweet Sixteen : * 08.10.22 at 7 p.m. Essen / Filmstudio Glückauf * 09.10.22 at 3 p.m. Münster / Cinema: * 10.10.22 at 6:30 p.m.
18.10.22 um 5:45 p.m. Ratzeburg / Burgtheater
11.10.22 at 6:30 p.m. Kleinmachnow / Neue Kammerspiele
12.10.22 at 6:15 p.m.
and 16.10.22 at 6 p.m. Hamburg / Zeise Kinos * 31.10.22 at 20 p.m. as part of the film series „Licht und Dunkel“ Villingen-Schwenningen / Guckloch
14.12.22 time pls check website of cinema Kirchheim unter Teck / Tyroler Kinos * 17.12.22
Documentary | 2022 | Germany
Over a period of 5 years, Andrei Schwartz accompanied a group of Romanian Roma who have been commuting between their home country and Hamburg for years. Due to a lack of work in Romania, they earn a living for themselves and their children in Hamburg by begging. They sleep under bridges and in parks, in constant fear of being discovered and expelled. For the city authorities they are considered “voluntary homeless”, access to emergency programmes is denied them even in winter. Every few months they go home, back to their children and relatives. To a home that has offered them neither jobs nor prospects since the fall of communism. The two main protagonists, Maria and Tirloi, are the only ones who have managed to build a piece of normality for themselves. They form the bridge between the two worlds: He has work, she still goes begging. And they have a place to stay: a small flat in a community centre where they bicker and make plans after work. Perhaps a start, also for their granddaughter Ioana, who now attends school. The 13-year-old is the first in the family to be able to read and write.
A film about success and failure, and the price one pays for it.
Festivals | Awards
DOK.fest Munich 2022: Nominated for the Documentary Film Award of the Goethe-Institut
Press | Booking & Billing
Im Film Inka Milke | Siegfriedstraße 16 I 22559 Hamburg | T: +49 40 431 97 137
Writer & Director Andrei Schwartz | Production & Distribution Wüste Film | Producer Stefan Schubert | Junior Producer Daniel Hartmann | Cinematography Susanne Schüle | Sound Giacomo Goldbecker, Helge Haack, Marin Cazacu, Stefan Bück | Film Editing Rune Schweitzer | Set Photographer Susanne Schüle, Andrei Schwartz | Supported by MOIN Filmförderung Hamburg Schleswig-Holstein, Die Beauftragte der Bundesregierung für Kultur und Medien | With the kind support of Robert Bosch Stiftung, Zeigermann_Audio GmbH, Optical Art Digital & Film GmbH | Press, Booking & Billing Im Film Agentur + Verleih
