Documentary about Transnistrian conflict, made by German cinema woman, to be screened in Moldovan capital

Chisinau, 15 November /MOLDPRES/ - A documentary film titled Posten Nr 6 (Post no 6), made by a German cinema woman, Steffi Wurster, will be screened at the Odeon movie theatre today at 18:30.   

Contacted by MOLDPRES, the director of the Akzente German Cultural Centre, Corina Garla, has said that the film lasts one hour and is presented as work in progress, i.e. in the phase of post-production, with the author due to give it the final touches.    

According to the organizers, Moldovan, Transnistrian and Russian peacekeepers are under a single roof at the peacekeeping post No 6 – an example of inevitable coexistence of different camps and, at the same time, an expression of the blocked conflict between Moldova and Transnistria. Proceeding from the micro-cosmos of the post of the security zone, the documentary approaches the political scenario of the conflict. The film author tries to create a picture. She interviews residents and records versions by politicians from both sides. Steffi Wurster notices the idyll from the post, a ferryboat connecting the two banks, lack of prospects in villages.    

The good coexistence of peoples contrasts with the irreconcilable positions of the political actors. What is the essence of the present conflict, after 25 years of attempt to settle the conflict? The film shows the current peace efforts – the potential, as well as the limits of the conflict’s settlement, which should bring, first of all, benefits to the people from the two banks of the river.   

The presentation of the film will be followed by discussions with the participation of the film’s author, Steffi Wurster, as well as guests from both banks of Dniester. The film will be screened in the German language, with subtitles in Russian. Translation in Russian and Romanian will be provided for discussions. The film, Posten Nr 6, will be also presented in Tiraspol on 16 November 2017.    

Steffi Wurster (1971, Ludwigshafen/Rhine), studied Fine Arts at the Academy of Fine Arts, Mainz University and scene painting at the Berlin-based University of the Arts. Besides her activity as scene painter, Wurster also develops inter-disciplinary projects and video works, through which she doubts the construction of the perception and is concerned about the visualization of space processes. In 2009-2013, Steffi Wurster worked on a draft documentary film about Sochi, an area chosen for the 2014 Olympic Games, which reveals the secondary effects of this mega-event on the landscape and residents.       

The screening of the film is organized by the Akzente German Cultural Centre, in partnership with the Friedrich Ebert Stiftung Foundation, with the support of the Goethe Institute from Romania and Deutsch Moldauisches Forum.

(Reporter N. Roibu, editor L. Alcaza)