VOM TRAUM, UNSINKBAR ZU SEIN
Germany 2024 – Director: Tom Fröhlich – Original language: Danish, English, German, Russian, Spanish – Subtitles: English – Length: 87 min.
As part of the GDR fleet, they once travelled the seas, carrying with them the dream of progress. Today, four ships and the people who work on them recount their lives since German reunification. We get to know the soul of these lumbering giants that inhabited the seven seas. A film about memories preserved in steel. Ludwig Kramer
Biography
Tom Fröhlich is a filmmaker and sound artist. His documentary works deal with spaces of memory and transformation. His films have screened at international festivals, including: Jerusalem Film Festival, DOK.fest Munich, CPH:DOX and DOK Leipzig.
Filmography (selection)
PERFECT BLACK, DE 2019, 79 min.
INK OF YAM, DE 2018, 75 min.
Nominated for the DOK.deutsch Wettbewerb
Intense stories and the unusual on one's own doorstep: the competition presents films that deal with people and topics in German-speaking countries. The VIKTORIA DOK.deutsch Competition is endowed with 7,500 euros. The prize sponsor is Sky.
Nominated for the VFF Documentary Film Production Award
No youth rating
English/Original Title: ABOUT THE DREAM TO BE UNSINKABLE. Writer: Tom Fröhlich. Camera: Michael Throne, Anton Yaremchuk, Jörg Junge. Sound: Tino Ammersdörfer, Moritz Busch. Editing: Roland Possehl. Music: Friederike Bernhardt. Production: Populärfilm Media GmbH. Producer: Wiebke Possehl. Distribution: JIP.
