Private Project

A Wall Overgrown

A documentary short exploring the relationship between a modern Berlin and the fading memories of the wall that once divided it.

  • Silas Gobat
    Director
  • Lexi Meeker
    Cinematography
  • Silas Gobat
    Cinematography
  • Emma Camp-Oberhauser
    Co-Producer
  • Skyler DeYoung
    Co-Producer
  • Robin Jovan Pannen
    Music
  • Silas Gobat
    Editor
  • Project Type:
    Documentary, Short, Student
  • Runtime:
    9 minutes 46 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    December 12, 2024
  • Production Budget:
    1,000 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    Germany, United States
  • Country of Filming:
    Germany
  • Language:
    English, German
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    2.35:1
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    Yes - Loyola Marymount University
  • Digital Cinema Package:
    Unavailable
  • Wyoming International Film Festival
    Cheyenne, Wyoming
    United States
    July 11, 2025
    World Premiere
    Official Selection
  • West Sound Film Festival
    Bremerton, Washington
    United States
    August 2, 2025
    Washington Premiere
    Official Selection
  • Documentaries Without Borders
    Rehoboth Beach, Delaware
    United States
    September 14, 2025
    Excellence Award
  • Jackson Doc Fest
    Jackson, Tennessee
    United States
    October 18, 2025
    Finalist: Student Documentary
Director Biography - Silas Gobat

Silas Gobat is a Washington-born filmmaker currently working out of Los Angeles, where he studies film at Loyola Marymount University. Inspired by a broad range of cinematic voices from across the globe and throughout history, Silas uses his camera to explore his relationship with the ever-changing world around him.

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Director Statement

Born at the start of a new millennia into a world still embroiled in the fallout of the last century of global human history, my generation bears the significant weight of phantom memory. Towering monuments of the 20th century such as the Berlin Wall now stand as tourist destinations with footnotes of historical minutiae. Can we meaningfully connect with a history that we never experienced? If we can't, what will happen to the hard-learned lessons painted along the Wall's concrete face?