Jakob Fischer

"Long is the Road" - The first feature film to represent the Holocaust from a Jewish perspective. Shot on location at Landsberg, the largest DP camp in U.S.-occupied Germany, and mixing neorealist and expressionist styles, the film follows a Polish Jew and his family from pre-war Warsaw through Auschwitz and the DP camps.

Berlin-Kreuzberg est le microcosme de Nora. Nora, l'observatrice silencieuse, la suiveuse: lors de fêtes, à l'école, à la piscine, sur les toits et dans les appartements. Nora déambule dans les immeubles d'habitation monotones avec sa grande sœur et ses amis, assistant à des événements qui semblent s'estomper à la lumière de l'été. Des filles qui veulent être minces et jolies, des garçons qui disent des choses stupides pour provoquer ou parce qu'ils sont amoureux. Caméras de smartphone impitoyables et adolescents fragiles. Mais Nora a sa propre façon de voir le monde, et quand elle rencontre Romy, elle comprend pourquoi.

A power failure puts three households in a state of emergency. In the first flat they were just about to start a party, now they are all sitting together by candlelight. In the neighbouring flat, the residents see their conspiracy theories confirmed - after all, they have been preparing for this moment for years. And while one floor below a young man is drowning his lovesickness in vodka, there is someone else stuck in the lift.

A Punch and Judy show on human rights violations, a delicate quiz on privileges, and vast gaps in knowledge—the workshop for democracy and human rights offers plenty of fuel to spark heated discussions in the group of young teachers. Jakob Fischer’s short film is a laconic chamber play about diverging values.