OUR NATURE (en)
UNSERE NATUR (de)
Film by Marlene Denningmann
D 2025 | 30 min | DCP | 5.1 | German with English subtitles
With Jonathan, Victoria, Levi, Nora, Florin, Frederick, Mathilda, Mercy
Educators: Sebastian Beyer, Nadja Ehlers
Bushes & Choreography: Benjamin Petersen
World Premiere: Filmfest Schleswig-Holstein Competition 2025
International Premiere: International Film Festival Rotterdam 2026
Further Festivals: Festival Goldener Spatz Competition 2025, Max Ophüls Festival 2026
Director of Photography: Julia Lohmann
2nd Camera: Bine Jankowski
Music: Wildes – Jana Hartmann, Jenny Tulipa
Sound Recording: Chris Cvachovec
Costume Design: Malene Ahlert
Sound Design & Mix: Jochen Jezussek
Colour Grading: Abdulmonim Twebti
Produced by Kirberg Motors
Funded by Die Beauftragte der Bundesregierung für Kultur und Medien BKM and MOIN Filmförderung Hamburg Schleswig-Holstein
Research funded by Künstlerinnenförderung Film / Video Berliner Senat für Kultur und Europa
Synopsis
A bush dances through the empty corridors of a school, young people gather in a circle of chairs. The school bell rings and, under the guidance of two teachers, the group starts to move. From unimpressed to amused, the young people cross the room and answer introductory questions. With the help of the game, we slowly approach the topic of today's workshop: sex education.
Later, divided into two groups, it is the students who ask the questions, anonymously on small pieces of paper. At their core, many of them revolve around the same idea: What is normal?
As the conversations become more personal, it quickly becomes clear that sex education is more than just facts from a biology book. Our nature is always in motion and the bush shakes its leaves.
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