In Germany Europe's biggest open-pit lignite mine displaces entire villages and forces thousands of people to abandon their homes. A young woman and her mother are the last residents of one of these ghost towns. They have to protect their home from extinction.
Born in Cologne;
worked on several national and international feature film productions before enrolling at the University of Television and Film Munich;
wrote and directed several short films and was awarded a FIPRESCI prize;
his graduation short JUPITER competed in over forty film festivals worldwide and was shortlisted for the BAFTA Student Film Award
Filmography
2010 Munich Bohème
2012 Die Einsamkeit des Jägers
2014 Amazigh Ghostland
2014 Totes Land