Stadtrand

Storyline

The freight train pushes its way past houses and gardens. The chimney of the power station looms on the horizon and electricity pylons cut through the sky. Everyday life on the city’s outskirts is characterized by industry and commerce. But for a handful of people, the open spaces in between form their homes. While Wolfgang is stranded on the river with his boat and has found a new home here, Wilma and Eberhard Schneider have lived on the city’s outskirts since they were children. A few houses away, a Buddhist meditates in a converted factory building. Sometimes the smell of the dog food factory is in the air and the clattering of the horse-drawn carriage echoes through the streets. "Outskirts" is a documentary portrait of a space between city and countryside, industry and nature.

About the film/director

Conrad Winkler was born in Halle (Saale) in 1997. During his school years, he produced films for the Open Channels of Saxony-Anhalt. After graduating from high school, he completed a FSJ Culture at the Fontane Festival in Neuruppin. Conrad has been studying documentary film and television journalism at the HFF Munich since 2017. He is a scholarship holder of the German National Academic Foundation.

Credits

Director:

Conrad Winkler

Camera:

Oliver Buchalik

Script:

Conrad Winkler

Editor:

Sophie Oldenbourg (BFS)

Cast:

Leo Bunke, Wolfgang Gaisbauer, Dirk Künne, Peter Neubert, Wilma & Eberhard Schneider, Michelle Welaue

Sound:

Conrad Winkler

Music:

Georg Mausolf

Producer:

Giorgia Germeno, Marlon Hofmann

Contact:

Conrad Winkler

E-Mail:

conrad@sohalski.com

• Germany

• German / subtitles English
• 2023
• 22 min