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What life should be about - bike couriers in Europe

Four young people from Europe who work as bike couriers and have one thing in common: their passion for cycling. They cycle for eight to ten hours a day – on overcrowded roads, through rain, wind and slush. What fascination lies behind the work of a bike courier in a European metropolis? No doubt, the pay is bad and the risks are high. But there is also this feeling of freedom...

  • Sarah Moll
    Director
  • Sarah Moll
    Writer
  • Sarah Moll
    Producer
  • Jan Raiber
    director of photgraphy
  • Ariel Constantinoff
    director of photgraphy
  • Simon Dujardin
    director of photgraphy
  • Jander Voigt
    director of photgraphy
  • Gabor Marosi
    director of photgraphy
  • Marc Meier
    director of photgraphy
  • Torsten Truscheit
    Editing
  • Jan Raiber
    Editing
  • Viktor Fórizs
    Music
  • Putte
    Music
  • Project Title (Original Language):
    What life should be about - Fahrradkuriere in Europa
  • Project Type:
    Documentary, Short
  • Runtime:
    18 minutes 20 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    November 13, 2021
  • Production Budget:
    10,000 EUR
  • Country of Origin:
    Germany
  • Country of Filming:
    Belgium, Germany, Hungary, Romania, United Kingdom
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Greenmotions Filmfestival
    Freiburg
    Germany
    November 13, 2021
    German Premiere
Director Biography - Sarah Moll

Sarah Moll
was born in 1977 in Freiburg im Breisgau. After graduating from high school, she did an apprenticeship as a digital media designer at the television broadcaster of Saarland. In 2005 she obtained a Master of Arts in Directing at the Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg. She received the "Öngören Award for Democracy and Human Rights" for her film "The Unwanted". She has been working as a freelance director since completing her studies. In 2006 she worked as a guest lecturer at the Film Academy of the Universidad Católica in Chile as part of the Baden-Württemberg scholarship program. She took part in various panels, including the Berlinale Talent Campus, and was a juror at several film festivals. In 2016 she co-founded the Freiburg Media Academy and the filmmakers' network "Initiative Freiburger Film". In 2017 she was nominated for the Franco-German Journalist Award for her documentary short film series "Grenzland". In 2018 her German-French school film project "Together we are strong - Ensemble on est plus fort" was awarded with the Baden-Württemberg Youth Film Award.

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