Garten der Hoffnung

Deutschland 2024-2026 Dokumentarfilm

Summary

Garden of Hope

What happens if an area between blocks of houses is reclaimed and residents get a piece of garden? This is what happened on the Großer Dreesch, a prefabricated housing estate built during GDR times on the outskirts of Schwerin, the state capital of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania. The idea was to create a place where socially needy, old and lonely people, as well as those displaced by war, could find each other and a piece of home through dealing with “Mother Earth”. The film follows events in the garden for 18 months, hears life stories from near and far and asks whether dealing with a small piece of nature can alleviate loneliness, material hardship and the loss of home.

Source: German Films Service & Marketing GmbH

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Credits

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Shoot

    • Schwerin
Duration:
120 min
Format:
DCP
Video/Audio:
Farbe, Ton
Screening:

Uraufführung (DE): 05.05.2026, Schwerin, Filmkunstfest Mecklenburg-Vorpommern

Titles

  • Originaltitel (DE) Garten der Hoffnung
  • Arbeitstitel (DE) Elysium - Garten der Hoffnung
  • Verleihtitel (eng) Garden of Hope

Versions

Original

Duration:
120 min
Format:
DCP
Video/Audio:
Farbe, Ton
Screening:

Uraufführung (DE): 05.05.2026, Schwerin, Filmkunstfest Mecklenburg-Vorpommern