Somewhere, in the middle of the economically underdeveloped region Wendland in Germany, people have decided to found a village. It is supposed to become a model village for Europe’s future, for a hundred old, a hundred refugees and a hundred young people. Quickly, the social experiment has become it‘s very own micro cosmos of society. As if under a burning glass hot topics are being discussed in order to find solutions to problems that affect our whole society: the integration of refugees, an aging society, social isolation and the difficulties of people with disabilities, seniors or single parents, the lack of perspective for young people in the provinces…
Antonia Traulsen, Claire Roggan © Kim-Lena Sahin photos © Koberstein Film