FREIZEIT oder: das gegenteil von nichtstun

FREIZEIT or: the opposite of doing nothing

What’s on the minds of those who are coming of age in the Berlin district of Friedrichshain today? Working with five dedicated young people, Caroline Pitzen has created a film that documents their lives. “There is no alternative to inaction,” is a quote from East German author Ronald Schernikau’s “Kleinstadtnovelle”. (…) Almost 40 years later, the young people are just as unwilling to settle for that. We see them talking: in flats, on the street, in the park and at the lake. They plan demonstrations and campaigns, talk about gentrification, sexism, racism, the capitalist meritocracy – and drugs. (International Film Festival Mannheim Heidelberg)

Director's Filmography (Selection)
FREIZEIT oder: das gegenteil von nichtstun (FREIZEIT or: the opposite of doing nothing, 2021) - Out of Place (2017, short)
European Panorama Fiction 2022
Caroline Pitzen
Germany 2021
color
71 minutes
German
OV with English subtitles
Screenplay Caroline Pitzen, Jasper Penz, Juno Groth, Lilly Marie Dressel, Maxim Hartig, Mila Wischnewski
Cinematography Markus Koob
Editing Caroline Pitzen
Sound/Sounddesign Philipp Fröhlich, SHEN Sum-Sum, Christian Obermaier, Jochen Jezussek
With Jasper Penz, Juno Groth, Lilly Marie Dressel, Maxim Hartig, Mila Wischnewski
Producer(s) Caroline Pitzen, Ljupcho Temelkovski, Philipp Fröhlich
Production
OKNO
World Sales
OKNO
Austrian Premiere
World Premiere
Berlin Critics' Week 2021