Otto was a bookbinder but also someone who people were suspicious about. He was the type who was not always at work and who did “strange” things: stunts with beer glasses, writing poems… things like that. In a village in Westerwald, people who were familiar with him tell stories of the life of someone different: someone who “defied the norms of society.” Julia Alice Frey

Willi lives in an old people’s home. His daily walks through the home and evenings in front of the television at first appear to be solitary, but his everyday activities are accompanied by the vivid and fond memories of his wife who stood faithfully by him until she died. Stefan Eisenburger’s film touchingly reflects on what leaves an impression on someone until the end of their life: love. Julia Alice Frey

A son watches some old men sitting around and remembers his father: his active nature, his house building, his work at Maggi, riding bikes, the rope bridge over the pond and his cancer. Evocative photographs, Super-8 footage and the son’s voice again and again… Incredibly moving but also surprisingly light. Nothing was in vain. Julia Alice Frey