EAST A programme of documentary films with English subtitles The fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989 opened not only the door to the West but also to the East. In the last few years, a comparatively large number of films were made which look to the East with a mixture of curiosity, participation and involvement, as one of the results of the Second World War had been the loss of a homeland for many Germans formerly living in the East.
Many films are observations of everyday life and investigations of history in one.
Their purpose is to make the different world accessible and to acquaint us with the people and the localities found there. Michael Hammon Mostar, summer 1994. The civil war in Yugoslavia has destroyed the city and torn it to pieces. Where once different nationalities mixed freely with one another, now a demarcation line divides Mostar into two parts. All attempts to reconcile the inhabitants of Mostar with each other and to rebuild the city have failed because the war continues in the minds of the people.