THE CLEVER GO GARDENINGDocumentary / 27 Min. / 2007The film embarks on a search for the Laubenpieper – a typical Germanallotment holder – and finds an old fashioned garden culture settledsomewhere between dusted GDR structures and the new artist elite of Berlin.
Festivals & AwardsGreen Unplugged Film Festival 2011Green Film Festival Seoul 2008Docs-for-Sale at the International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam 2007
METROPOLIS TVShort documentaries / each 5-10 Min. / 2008–15Dutch short-documentary TV-series covering cultural and social themes for ayoung, international audience. Sineast reports from Berlin/Germany andGreenland.
Writer & DirectorSigne Astrup Robin MeurerLene LavtsenProduced bySineast Filmproduction for VPRO and NED3 (Holland)
Finished Episodes (click to view):Sweet 15 / Elvis – a worldwide phenomenon /Social outcasts / The world of Billy / Superstition /A Dog’s Life / Report on Cops in Greenland /Report on Gays in Greenland / World of Soccer /Prostitution / My Home / Gold
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Festivals & AwardsWinner of the international MEDEA AWARD für innovative television.Winner of the SILVER PRITCHETT at the Silver-Nipkow Prize. Winner of the PRIX EUROPA SPECIAL COMMENDATION.Winner of the DE TEGEL 2010 award.
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IN GOOD TIMES AND IN BADDocumentary / 48Min. / 2011Klara (32) was looking for a pen-pal and got in touch with Brett (41), who is onDeath-Row in the U.S. since 1991. He’s a convicted murderer but claims to beinnocent - and for years now he’s fighting to get a new trial. After a short timetheir pen-pal friendship turned into a love relationship. Although they can`t getintimate they are keeping this going for almost seven years now. And theirbond is so strong that they now want to get married in prison. This film tellstheir unusual story.
Writer & DirectorRobin MeurerProduced bySineast Filmproductionin collaboration with cine parallel Ltd.