Film Walks

What does it mean to live in a neighborhood What does the place where you live mean to you Who lives nextdoor In the summer of 2017 140 people who live on and around RosaLuxemburg Platz in Berlins Mitte district were interviewed These conversations were turned into a series of short films that provide personal insights into diverse lives Behind each door theres a different story longstanding Mitte dwellers founders of startups centenarians globetrotters those pining for the old East Germany and students There are people who have lived here for two months or sixty years people who grew up in what used to be East or West Germany in Latin America Russia or former Yugoslavia A neighborhood full of diversity and contradictions Some call it their home others just the place they live while still others think of it as a real neighborhood or kiez And yet memories and emotions associated with this place connect them all as neighbors