Terra Nova

Terra Nova - a new territory as a 'foreshadowing' of possible futures, as one initiator called it in July 2015. After the project ended in December 2016, most of the West Africans originally involved are no longer in the city. From the start of the project in spring 2015 to the end of filming in May 2017, the public perception of migration to Germany changed radically several times. The experimental documentary Terra Nova records projections into the future from 2015 and 2016 by project participants and external experts and seeks to compare them with the actual physical transformation on the cemetery wasteland. Showing the film allows a look back at the past perspectives and future horizons of the protagonists involved, and a comparison with the current uses and activities on the site, as well as the question of possible futures.

Terra Nova, 2017, 63 min.,
German, English, French, Arabic, Hausa with English subtitles

Director, editor: Constanze Fischbeck
Assistant, dramaturge: Sascha Bunge
Artistic assistant: Carlos Manuel
Camera: Siska, Constanze Fischbeck
Sound: Malte Eiben, Max Schneider
Sound mixing: Gregor Pfeffer
Color correction: Thomas Ballschmieter