Silke Stillig

Forty years since Chernobyl. Volker Heise’s new film recounts the 1986 nuclear disaster for the first time from the perspectives of both East and West Germany and Ukraine, using archive footage only. TSCHERNOBYL 86 is a gripping political thriller featuring previously unseen archive material which brings the events of that time into an unsettlingly present-day context.​

They are known for their roles in the "Eberhof-Krimis": Sebastian Bezzel and Simon Schwarz have made it their mission to explore the border regions of Bavaria and meet people from across the state border. They meet people from Thuringia and Hesse as well as from Austria and the Czech Republic. In their search for interesting stories, anecdotes and information, the two learn a lot about how Bavarians live together as well as how they interact with other inhabitants of the region.