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"Denn wie immer flog ich nach Tel Aviv"

A media-analytical desktop documentary that examines how Tel Aviv is constructed in German media as a charged projection surface for ideas of freedom, liberalism, and historical reconciliation. Through screen recordings of travel blogs, social media, and film excerpts, the film uses theory to trace how these images intertwine philosemitism, Orientalism, and tourism aesthetics, revealing how such narratives say less about Tel Aviv itself than about German desires.

Written/Directed/Editing by Franziska Lichtenberg and me

What does freedom mean and where does it reach its limits? In partly self-shot footage, Basti explores friendship, self-determination, and life on the streets. A collaborative personal short portrait of a life outside societal structures.

Starring/Camera by Sebastian Zenk

Written/Directed/Editing by me

Director of Photography/Editing by Nuel Neguse

Produced by Dominik Gantenhammer

Thanks to Patrik Thomas, Otto Kronschwitz and Firas Alasaad.

A short coming of age portrait of a friendship navigating growing up, staying connected and finding meaning within a system that values productivity more than care.

Directed/Camera/Editing by me

thanks to Liz Bennett for helping me edit <3