Cosmonauts Like Chewing Gum

Cosmonauts Like Chewing Gum

2024 · 20 min · Documentary

Growing up in West Germany in the 1980s, Aline imagined a gregarious life on the other side of the Berlin Wall. Meanwhile, in communist Bulgaria, Veselina believed that everyone was happy under capitalism. In their collaborative hybrid documentary, they use their childhood fantasies to sketch a new utopia.

Directed by Aline Helmcke

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