The Elevator

When Max is caught by his father in a private moment, it has unexpected consequences for the family outing that follows. On the last summer day by the river, the fourteen-year-old is forced to rethink his understanding of masculinity.

Two men feel desire when meeting in the men's room.

Kai lives and works on the family farm in the countryside. His childhood love, Emma, is about to go abroad. Their last day together becomes an ambivalent journey of longing through the rural landscape.

Anna, who was born in Germany, has a distant relationship with her father Hung and his country of birth, Vietnam. When she finds out through a documentary that he was affected by racist attacks in Rostock in 1992, she is suddenly confronted with her father's culture and history.

In this four part episodic film, young people from Rostock live through a day of setbacks, secrets and revelations.

Loitz is one of those former GDR towns that still suffer from the effects of German reunification. For a year "Infinite Place" looks behind the gray facade of the seemingly dying town and questions concepts of home and identity through the perspective of its old and new inhabitants. The town’s vacancy and people’s urge for self-realization create a fruitful look into the future.