Philip Scheffner
2021
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Philip Scheffner
On June 29, 1992, a farmer in East Germany found two dead bodies in a cornfield. They were Romanian citizens shot by hunters while trying to cross the external EU border. Were they really mistaken for wild boars? The trial began four years later and the accused were acquitted – but the relatives of the dead knew nothing. REVISION is the filmic reworking of a case that appeared to be long closed. The film not only attempts to document what really happened, it also poses the questions: why did two men die on a sunny day in the middle of a field? Who were they? What led them here? The search for answers drove the two filmmakers to sift through investigative files. This led them to new witnesses and to uncovering problems with European asylum policy. Above all, however, it led them to the relatives and their memories of the two dead men.
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Der Tag des Spatzen
Philip Scheffner
Two newspaper reports from the same day mark the beginning of the story: a sparrow is shot dead in Leeuwarden, the Netherlands, while a German soldier is killed in an attack in Afghanistan. Scheffner sets out on a journey into a deceptive peace.
Day of the Sparrow
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Philip Scheffner
On September 14, 2012, a deflating lifeboat with thirteen people onboard was rescued in the Mediterranean. Working from a video filmed by a cruising tourist, the cineast Philip Scheffner offers a concentrated view of the situation in this region, echoing today's violences.
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