What is this project all about?

The beginning of the project was the book "Anarchie! Idee, Geschichte, Perspektiven" (Anarchy! Idea, History, Perspectives) by Horst Stowasser. With him we began drafting the movie, which should be an introduction into the broad topic of anarchism. Thereby we wanted to address especially people who had yet no or just limited knowledge about the anarchist idea. A film for a broad audience.

A short part of the film outlines the basic ideas of anarchism. Our main focus, however, is on people who take the first steps in the direction of an anarchist society. It is us and our project where you can turn to, to learn about and expose yourself to the idea of an anarchist society - beyond the common clichés of anarchists as either hooded vandalists or anarchy as a state of civil unrest - as an alternative to be taken serious.

In the last couple of years we were on the road in Spain, Greece, Switzerland and Germany.

Shooting locations, projects and people appearing in the film:



→ International Anarchist Meeting 2012 - Saint-Imier, Switzerland The biggest anarchist meeting in recent history with about 3,000 participants.

→ Confederación General del Trabajo (CGT) - Barcelona, Spain

Anarcho-syndicalist union with about 60,000 members.

→ Parko Navarinou - Athens, Greece

Occupied in 2009, this parking lot was converted into a public park by residents and anarchists.

→ Hanna Poddig, Germany

Anti-nuclear activist, who blockaded the transport of radioactive materials by chaining herself to the tracks.

→ Enric Duran, Spain

Anti-capitalist activist, who parted 39 banks from their cash (about half a million euros) and now lives in the underground.

→ Cooperativa Integral Catalana (CIC) - Barcelona, Spain

A cooperative, co-initiated by Enric Duran, with more than two thousand members, which tries to cause societal transformation through alternative currency models, own production and bartering.

→ Kartoffelkombinat - Munich, Germany

Solidary agriculture, which, after only two years, already provides for 450 households - and counting.

(The Kartoffelkombinat, by self-definition of the associates, is not an anarchist project. In the context of the film however it is of great interest to us.)