Berlinized

The documentary „Berlinized“ captures the special feeling of 1990s Berlin-Mitte, where after the fall of the Wall a lively and very motley scene of young people used vacant houses and apartments as a stage for living and celebrating their easygoing freedom. Filmmaker Lucian Busse, an active protagonist of this era, took his camera everywhere to document the changing cityscape, the art scene, clubs, concerts, and the construction sites where free space was filled up with faceless office buildings. Alongside the great political upheavals and commercialized techno culture, the world of basement bars and backyard creatives shaped the city's spirit. Busse searched for the protagonists from back then and found them: in interviews they describe their current view on the 1990s and how much of that freedom can still be found in the Berlin of today.