Material

Year: 2009

Runtime: 164 mins

Language: German

Director: Thomas Heise

Documentary

The film strings together archival footage spanning from the late‑1980s in the GDR to contemporary Germany in 2008, exploring how leftover images linger in the mind. These pictures continuously recombine, forming meanings they were never intended to convey, remaining in motion and gradually solidifying into history. The work reflects on the passage of time and collective memory.

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