In the Arizona desert by the Mexican border, the US simulates war and bombs fake Middle Eastern villages. Meanwhile, Border Patrol checkpoints push migrants walking across the border into these and other dangerous areas ‒ and a group of volunteers from San Diego comb the desert monthly, seeking missing family members, friends, and strangers. Fragments of a collective nightmare.… >>>
Three soldiers are standing guard at the riverbank. Not a particularly dramatic situation – more a sort of Waiting for Godot. A Moldavian, a Transnistrian and a Russian peacekeeper are doing service together in post No.6. Their weapons suggest a dangerous conflict zone, but the surroundings could hardly be more harmless. Where is the enemy? Why all this fuss? The documentary sets out in search of the „conflict“ between the Republic of Moldova and Transnistria. Starting from the observation at the tri-lateral post, the film zooms outward onto the political level: into the negotiation rooms of local politicians and onto the international stage. Under Germany`s OSCE chairmanship in 2016, the dialogue, which had collapsed since the Ukraine crisis, was resumed. The film considers the Transnistrian conflict as prototypical for the East-West relations. Intertwining big and small narratives, the film searches for basic patterns that keep the conflict alive and determine our thinking.… >>>