Natura Urbana: The Brachen of Berlin 2017

Directed by Matthew Gandy · Documentary · 72 min

The film explores Berlin’s post-war history through its plants, from Trümmerlandschaften to the Friedrichshagen Waterworks. It highlights diverse spontaneous vegetation along railway lines and street corners, reflecting the city’s war-time destruction, division, and urban transformation. The journey ranges from cracked paving stones to mapping the city’s ecological zones.