Nazi perpetrator Hanns Ludin was executed after WWII for war crimes. He had six children. His youngest son, filmmaker Malte Ludin takes his father's past as a starting point for a bold, personal exploration of three generations of his large family. The film is a raw portrait of the emotional and psychological burden the family appears to carry over generations, and across borders.
HumanEdge

HumanEdge

TheViewFromHere

TheViewFromHere

In 9 months, 6 blocks, director/cinematographer Christ Romeike captures a bittersweet, poetic portrait of Toronto's Parkdale neighbourhood by turning his camera on three of its citizens. Eighteen-year-old Jade "used to be very violent" he admits. His gangster life behind him, his dream of becoming a lawyer is on hold until he can make up the three grades he's behind in school, as well as having to live down the reputation of being an expelled kid. Surrounded by vintage records and movies from the Golden Age of Hollywood, Peter still lives in the same Jameson Avenue apartment he took forty years ago at age 27. For Peter, Parkdale is "a people place, a neighbourhood, and it's just plain beautiful." Tsering came to Canada seeking haven from political unrest in Nepal. Her husband's sudden death left her struggling to support herself and her three children in a foreign society. Tsering regroups, and finds consolation and assistance in Parkdale's Tibetan community, and makes her first few steps into a new world. Romeike follows these compelling individual stories for nine months, finding contrast and building a dynamic picture of ordinary life lived in an extraordinary place. He embellishes their tales with a tranquil score and punctuates with quiet, powerfully framed shots of Parkdale's well-worn streets shimmering in summer or pristine under first snow.
TheViewFromHere

In 9 months, 6 blocks, director/cinematographer Christ Romeike captures a bittersweet, poetic portrait of Toronto's Parkdale neighbourhood by turning his camera on three of its citizens. Eighteen-year-old Jade "used to be very violent" he admits. His gangster life behind him, his dream of becoming a lawyer is on hold until he can make up the three grades he's behind in school, as well as having to live down the reputation of being an expelled kid. Surrounded by vintage records and movies from the Golden Age of Hollywood, Peter still lives in the same Jameson Avenue apartment he took forty years ago at age 27. For Peter, Parkdale is "a people place, a neighbourhood, and it?s just plain beautiful." Tsering came to Canada seeking haven from political unrest in Nepal. Her husband's sudden death left her struggling to support herself and her three children in a foreign society. Tsering regroups, and finds consolation and assistance in Parkdale's Tibetan community, and makes her first few steps into a new world. Romeike follows these compelling individual stories for nine months, finding contrast and building a dynamic picture of ordinary life lived in an extraordinary place. He embellishes their tales with a tranquil score and punctuates with quiet, powerfully framed shots of Parkdale's well-worn streets shimmering in summer or pristine under first snow.
TheViewFromHere

HumanEdge