Heimat

Peter Grammer | Austria | 1999 | 17' |

| IFFR 2001

The maker was inspired by the meaning of the word Heimat (homeland), that has the same Indo-German root as the word Heirat (marriage). Grammer’s videofilm makes a 360-degree pan through a forest and uses a variety of anagrammic variations on the title. Peter Grammer trained as a designer and has made films and videos since 1996..

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