{"id":101874,"date":"2024-02-14T14:08:49","date_gmt":"2024-02-14T14:08:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ucm.one\/berlin-bytch-love-2022-by-heiko-aufdermauer-and-johannes-gierke-darling-berlin\/"},"modified":"2024-02-14T16:18:58","modified_gmt":"2024-02-14T16:18:58","slug":"berlin-bytch-love","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ucm.one\/en\/berlin-bytch-love\/","title":{"rendered":"Berlin Bytch Love (2022) by Heiko Aufdermauer and Johannes Gierke | Darling Berlin"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Berlin Bytch Love:<\/span><\/h1>\n

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Summer in Berlin. Sophie (15) and Dominik (17) have been living on the streets around G\u00f6rlitzer Park<\/strong>\u00a0for six months. They sleep in doorways, collect bottles – and love each other as unconditionally and absolutely as teenagers do. If they are separated for even a moment, disaster strikes. Sophie has been reported as “missing” by her father – so they have no chance of getting help from the state. They sell postcards, collect bottles and “scrounge” a few cents. They live an insecure, dangerous but free life in the midst of and yet beyond society.<\/p>\n

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\nIn October, Sophie is four months pregnant and winter is on the horizon. At the same time, a court date looms: Dominik has to answer for several criminal offences committed in recent years. He is facing years in prison.
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A friend, who is also homeless, suggests they flee to France. Maybe they could start a new life there? But can you run away with a child in your womb? Dominik decides to contact the authorities and face up to his past.<\/p>\n

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\nThe court hearing turns out to be an opportunity to return to legality. A few weeks later, the two have a small flat about 70 kilometres from Berlin – in the middle of the forest. What had long been the goal of their longing now often turns out to be a horror. An agonising boredom descends on them. Is this the price they have to pay for a reasonably secure life? In May, their son Luca is born. Dominik has invested the money for the initial equipment in hard drugs – and so the collapse of their fragile order is not long in coming.
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In the summer of 2018, the two filmmakers Heiko Aufdermauer<\/strong> (graduate of the Konrad Wolf Academy of Film and Television<\/strong>) and Johannes Girke<\/strong> (graduate of Berlin University of the Arts<\/strong>) decided to document a young couple (aged 15 and 17) living on the streets around Berlin’s G\u00f6rlitzer Park<\/strong> over an extended period of time. The aim was to create an intimate and non-judgemental filmic insight into the everyday lives of young people who live among us, far from safety, education and security – and yet are often invisible. Over a period of two years, they accompanied the couple on their journey from the streets to their own flat near Eberswalde. A year later, their son Luca was born. In total, over 100 hours of intense footage were shot over 35 days – edited like a feature film.<\/p>\n

[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/2″ css=”.vc_custom_1561290391124{border-right-width: -15px !important;}”][vc_single_image image=”101806″ img_size=”full” onclick=”link_image”][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/2″][vc_single_image image=”101808″ img_size=”full” onclick=”link_image”][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_column_text]The film celebrated its festival premiere in competition at DOKFest Munich<\/strong>, where it was nominated for several awards (“Producer Award”, “Goethe Institute Award”, “Audience Award”).<\/em> Numerous festival participations, awards and nominations have followed to date (including a nomination for the “German Documentary Film Award 2023”).<\/em>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/4″ css=”.vc_custom_1561286315715{margin-top: 15px !important;background-color: #efefef !important;}”]