synopsis
Laura is a self-confident young woman, a member of the new “Me Me Me Generation“, also known as “Generation Y”. Spoilt for choice by life’s abundance of options, Laura has lost track of her own aims and ideals. She’s always looking for something, she just doesn’t know what. One night she meets Safi, who has fled her homeland. The encounter gives Laura food for thought.
director biography
Gina Wenzel, was born in Düsseldorf, after she graduated she did many internships in different theatres in Germany and England before she passed her bachelor degree in social work in 2012. In the scope of one of her internships she acquired experience in the theatre of Düsseldorf ("Düsseldorfer Schauspielhaus"). Furthermore, she did an internship in a media institute in Wuppertal ("Medienprojekt Wuppertal") in which she works till today as freelancer making documentaries about social topics. During these activities she found her calling in making movies, therefore she started studying film at the University of Applied Science and Art in Dortmund in 2012. In 2016 she passed her second bachelor degree. Since 2016 she studies postgraduate Media and Fine Art Studies at the Academy of Media Arts Cologne ("KHM") with special emphasis on film writing and film directing.