Ro & Luka

A conscription notice forces 20-year-old Marvin to reevaluate his life: between porn addiction, poverty, and failed intimacy, he struggles to find stability—and considers military service as a radical new beginning.

It is a cold winter night. A young woman heads home after a long night of partying. Walking through the dark streets of Dresden, she comes across an old man sleeping on the street. She tries to help him. Somehow.

Arthur retreats into the forest with a picnic, seeking solitude. Along the way, he encounters people from his life. Unable to truly connect, Arthur keeps moving on through the woods on his lonely journey.

A person suffering from depression constructs a fictional world in which they awaken as a knight in an open-world video game from the 2000s. Before them lies a lonely path, and slowly the programmed boundaries of this world begin to open up.

What is art? Is art dead? Since a definitive answer to these questions seems impossible, we are left with nothing more than vague speculation. And how do you make that as incomprehensible as possible? With an art film.

No pulse. No breathing. Resuscitation would be possible, but it is withheld: intentional clinical death. This is the current fate of several hospitals across Germany. It is not an irony of fate, but of a sick system. The "Bündnis für Pflege Dresden" speaks with former employees, politicians, and activists who have witnessed hospital closures firsthand. Light is shed on the opaque, profit-driven hospital system, while highlighting paths forward. Because one thing is clear: a humane healthcare system is possible—it just has to be fought for.