Brightest Young Things

Film|Neu presents a selection of the best new films from German-speaking countries January 20 - 26 at Landmark's E Street Cinema. Some of the directors and actors step back into the spotlight here at the Goethe-Institut, presenting more of their artistic talents.
All films are in German with English subtitles.

Black Box Germany (Black Box BRD)
Germany, 2001, 35mm, 107 min., Director: Andres Veiel
The Federal Republic of Germany in the 70s and 80s: Constantly on the brink of civil war, the country is polarized due to the power struggle between the German state and the Red Army Faction (RAF). The life stories of both Wolfgang Grams and Alfred Herrhausen are tragically linked to this era. While Grams is the one who takes up arms for moral rigor, Herrhausen seizes power and dies when powerful.
Andres Veiel won the 2002 German Film Award for Best Documentary and the European Film Award forBlack Box Germany, which succeeds in leading the viewer through opposing worlds whose inhabitants even today fail to speak with or understand one another. His film If Not Us, Who (Wer wenn nicht wir) is part of the Film|Neu festival.