At the Funkhaus studios in East Berlin audio investigator Abu Hamdan recorded stories about court cases that revolved around sounds. Witnesses heard these through walls like in the Oscar Pistorius case. Here, on the threshold of observation, the barrier between public and private becomes diaphanous. No wall is impenetrable.
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Film details
- Country of production
- Germany
- Year
- 2018
- Festival edition
- IFFR 2019
- Length
- 21'
- Medium/Format
- DCP
