It Would Be a Different Sea

Es wäre ein anderes Meer

Germany / Documentary / 00:07:48 min

The Sorbs are a national minority in Saxony, Germany. While there were still living approximately 50,000 Sorbs in the 1990s, today there are only 5,000 left who can speak the language. The core settlement area was destroyed by coal mining and the language is now threatened with extinction. But the community of Crostwitz sticks together, traditions are cherished and community is lived. Despite limited resources, the football club, which forms the centre of one Sorbian village, has bravely held its own in the regional league, Saxony's second-highest division, for years. Footballer Franc (15) takes us into his world.
Friday, 23rd Aug. 20:00
Block 12
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Film maker
Justina Jürgensen

Justina Jürgensen was born in hamburg in 1996. She is studying directing at the university of television and film munich and graduates in summer 2024. She speaks and writes in german, english and swedish. Her short films have screened at film festivals like int. Hofer filmtage, hamburg int. Queer film festival and filmschoolfest munich. Her latest short film it would be a different sea celebrated its world premiere at berlinale 2024. Justina loves to tell political, queer-feminist stories and is very interested in the way that history is always shaping the present, using the queer filmmaking traditions of contextualizing and mix of materials also in the way she writes for the screen. She is represented by the german agency above the line. Justina Jürgensen is a writer director who speaks and writes in German, Swedish and English. She studied directing at University of Television and Film Munich. Her short films were screened at several festivals in Germany and abroad (Berlinale 2024, OUTSOUTH North Carolina 2023, Internationale Hofer Filmtage). At the moment she prepares her feature debut. She is represented by the agency Above The Line and lives in Munich.