16 Sept 2026 | SCENARIO (DE 2026, Marie Wilke)


DE 2026, D: Marie Wilke, 91‘, OV with English subtitles, DCP

Europe’s largest military training town, Schnöggersburg in Saxony-Anhalt, exists solely for military exercises. Against this backdrop of concrete buildings, roads and sterile squares, Marie Wilke’s documentary SZENARIO observes the everyday life of the Bundeswehr as they practise urban warfare.
The static, matter-of-fact images document a simulated reality: recruits move through a ghost town with practised gestures, whilst visitors from outside are given a glimpse inside. Navigating between military daily life and ritualised procedures, the film examines the language and gestures of a creeping normalisation of the military. The result is a precise portrait of an institution in transition – and, in doing so, reflects the unsettled present of a society.

In the presence of Marie Wilke

16 September, 6:30 pm