Biotope

11 ^min

Germany

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Government officials Pupils Students Teachers

Biotope

Life in Neuperlach, a Munich suburb, is quaint. It is a safe neighborhood, where people know and greet each other. Everybody has their own backyard; single car garages are lining the narrow footpaths and everything is groomed. But for some time now that peacefulness is troubled, because refugees are supposed to move in next door. As some of the residents are afraid of the noise to be expected, they are putting up a noise protection wall. Biotope shows the life of the locals and gets to the bottom of the reason for building that wall.

Director

Paul Scholten

Paul Scholten was born in 1996 in south Germany. He started filmmaking when he was 17. His films were screened at various festivals. Since 2017, he studies Documentary Film at the University for Film and Television.

The film Biotop is a telling example of how events that seemingly happened far away from us cause a storm of emotions, encourage long discussions and thinking, teach the audience to look at themselves, at the world around them more broadly, to keep in mind human dignity, the rights and freedoms of others.

Larysa Shuvalova,

moderator of the Docudays UA film club at the Fortress Ung Center of Cultural Initiatives

Biotope

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