29th Ji.hlava International Documentary Film Festival

24. 10.–2. 11. 2025
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We Own the Crisis
We Own the Crisis
We Own the Crisis
We Own the Crisis
We Own the Crisis

We Own the Crisis

Rebekka Kaufmann / Germany, Greece / 2018 / International Premiere / 65 min.


synopsis

Greece has been affected by a drawn-out financial crisis for the past several years. The protagonists of this documentary about state power and its impact on individuals comprise a three-member family living in the capital city. Georgia works six days a week; Panagiotis is unsuccessfully looking for a job; and their daughter, Basiliki, is about to graduate. They all live in a house originally owned by Panagiotis’ family. Thus far they have been lucky. Some Greeks have been forced to live in the streets after banks auctioned off their property. How this one family functions is an authentic example of a whole nation in distress. Whether explicitly on camera or concealed in their actions, we can see the helplessness in their daily lives.

"I think of the Athenians on the streets. I hear them say, 'A hopeless situation forces you to keep on hoping.' " R. Kaufmann

biography

German director Rebekka Kaufmann (1990) has been studying documentary film directing at the Baden-Wuerttemberg Film Academy in Ludwigsburg, Germany, since 2011. Her passion for travelling is often reflected in the themes of her films, as are her journeys into the innermost feelings of individuals as she explores disappointment, sexuality, and depression. She made the short film Tim Schröder and the End of Days (2012) in collaboration with Sebastian Hilger. 

more about film

director: Rebekka Kaufmann
producer: Andrea Roggon, Ulla Lehmann, Anestis Azas
photography: Rebekka Kaufmann
editing: Ana Rocha Fernandes
music: Max Clouth, Moritz Laux
sound: Aristides Dalamitras

contact

REBEKKA KAUFMANN / +49 1711 705 378 / ka.rebekka@gmail.com

Film at festival

premiere type:International Premiere
festival edition:2018
section:First Lights
format:DCP
language:Greek
subtitles:English
colour:Colour

Info

director:Rebekka Kaufmann
original title:We Own the Crisis
country:Germany, Greece
year:2018
running time:65 min.

Festival partners

Ministerstvo kultury
Fond kinematografie
Město Jihlava
Kraj Vysočina
Creative Europe Media
GEMO
Česká televize
Český rozhlas
Aktuálně.cz
Respekt
Dafilms

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