Berlin is changing: compared to other European capitals, the relatively cheap city is considered “the place to be” from London to New York. Everybody wants to live here and many want to buy a flat to put their money into a safe haven with the bank system in crisis. This is creating a conflict with the original residents. Rents are rising rapidly and neighborhoods are changing drastically. Over a period of 4 years, the director accompanied and interviewed real estate agents and investors during their daily routine and filmed tenants struggling to cope with the situation, providing the audience with the opportunity to experience the turnaround of a whole city at first hand: after the arrival of international capital in New York and London, now it’s Berlin that seems to be the prey, threatening to become a commodity.
ABOUT THE DIRECTOR
Andreas Wilcke graduated with a degree in translating (English/Spanish). He further completed a training programme for photography at the Berlin Ostkreuz School for Photography.