Vera Brückner

Movie - 2025, 2h 15m • as Self

A band attempts to stand out from the musical mainstream and still remain commercial enough. On the one hand ‘Florian Paul & die Kapelle der letzten Hoffnung’ want it all; on the other hand, they want very little. Like many other German indie bands, they face challenges: how do we reach our audience? And at what cost?

Movie - 2017, 2h 15m • as Self

"I need help!". Vera turns to her best friend, Annelie: Diagnosis code F32.2 - a severe depression. What does a sentence such as this mean for one's own life, as well as for their friendship? How can they continue to be there for each other? Memories, stories and shared activities shall provide comfort in a situation, in which even the doctors' and specialists' explanations only enhance a feeling of helplessness. Together the two friends search for images and words that might help to come to terms with this strange, "fucked up" feeling.