3rd contribution to the special program of the film nights SUPPORTING FILM: TUNNELS followed by a discussion with Seraina Nyikos and Christoph Eder (scholarship holder at Künstlerhaus Lukas)
WHO OWNS MY VILLAGE?
by Christoph Eder (D 2021, 96 min)
The local politics of growth and investment in the popular Baltic resort of Göhren on the island of Rügen, the home of filmmaker Christoph Eder, are facing strong headwinds. When the last untouched coastline is to be developed, there is clear resentment among some citizens. For years, a group of men, the "four from the bar", have dominated the local council. They support all the projects of a multi-million construction investor who built more hotels and vacation homes in Göhren after reunification than anyone else. Committed Göhren resident Nadine and her father Bernd quickly realize that they can only change things if they work together with like-minded people. They set up a citizens' initiative and run in the local elections...
CHRISTOPH EDER
Christoph Eder (born 1987), director and author. He grew up as a working-class child in a village on the Island of Rügen, first worked in regional television and then studied at the Bauhaus University Weimar (media art) and the Film University Babelsberg KONRAD WOLF (directing). His documentary graduation film Wem gehört mein Dorf? (RBB/ARD) about his hometown on the island of Rügen reached an audience of millions in cinemas, on television and in the ARD media library, won several awards and was nominated for the German Film Award 2022 in the best documentary category, among others. As a freelance writer and director, he has realized documentaries, films and serial formats. His narrative focus is on socio-political topics and stories with an East German connection. Eder directed the fictional film series BROWSER BALLET (ZDFneo, Episode 3, FIRE FOR FUTURE), which won the German Television Award 2024. He was nominated for the Grimme Prize in 2024 for his directing work on the documentary MILLIARDENSPIEL-DIE GEHEIME WELT DER SUPERREICHEN (ZDF). His documentary series GROSSES TENNIS - Made in East Germany about tennis in the GDR will be released in September 2025.
Supporting film: TUNNELS
by Seraina Nyikos (D 2023, 15 min)
Rocco is a subway driver in Berlin with that certain something. What follows is a surprising, life-affirming and socially challenging film from a special, lovable city.
SERAINA NYIKOS
Born in Berlin in 1985. After graduating from high school, she worked as a freelance music journalist and trained as an audiovisual media saleswoman at EMI in Hamburg, before studying social and business communication at the Berlin University of the Arts. Bachelor's and Master's degrees in screenwriting/dramaturgy at the Film University Babelsberg KONRAD WOLF. There he formed a team with which the short films BAMBOULE, ROUTE B96, HAVARIE PETITE and TUNNELS were made and screened at festivals worldwide. Since then, Nyikos has worked on various television productions such as KU'DAMM 63, POLIZEIRUF 110 and the Grimme Award-nominated comedy series GERMAN GENIUS. Her final screenplay SPRIT & SEGEN was nominated for the First Steps Award. Her most recent project MELS BLOCK, which was created in collaboration with ZDF Kleines Fernsehspiel and was set and produced in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, celebrated its world premiere at the Hofer Filmtage 2024.
During the Ahrenshoop Film Nights, FILMKUNSTFEST MV 2025 fellows Seraina Nyikos and Christoph Eder will be working on the script for their joint project NEUE HEIMAT at Künstlerhaus Lukas in Ahrenshoop.
