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HORST. Documentary // 72’ // 2018 Director: Lisa Bühl Cinematography: Laura Sanz Production: University of Applied Sciences and Arts Dortmund, Lisa Bühl SYNOPSIS In the late 1970's Horst follows his heart and decides to move from a suburb in Germany to glamorous New York City. A young, gay man with no money, no job and no knowledge of English, but a strong will. On a warm spring day in May 1992 he dies in his New Yorker apartment from his struggle with AIDS. With fragments such as letters and found footage the film takes its audience on a personal journey to follow Horst's footsteps and takes on the question what really stays after a person's gone. FESTIVALS / FUNDING Funded by Film-und Medienstiftung NRW 2016 Hof International Filmfestival 2018 , Nominated for GRANIT documentary price Kolkata International Filmfestival 2019 Ventanas UNAL Bogotá 2019 Semi Finalist BIFF Sweden 2022 Lower East Side Filmfestival New York 2023 |
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