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THE BORDER FENCE

Nikolaus Geyrhalter, Austria, Italy 2018, 113 Min., OV with English subs
Followed by a talk with

At the Brenner border pass, new measures are planned to seal Austria off from migrants. A fence is being considered in addition to border controls between North and South Tyrol. The residents feel torn: many fear the border fence as well as the reputedly threatening alienation of their native Tyrol. For two years, Nikolaus Geyrhalter documented the region around the Brenner and draws a portrait of a border region which refuses to calm down.