Beyond Wriezen (2012)

Beautifully crafted with intimate access, Beyond Wriezen is a mesmerizing look into the patterns that binds us as a society. The film follows three young offenders from the day they are released from Wriezen prison in Eastern Germany, for a period of three years. The young men's new life begins at the Wriezen station where they all set out hoping for the same things: a job, somewhere to live, a girlfriend, yearning for security, emotional safety, respect and love. Will they make it? Or will the challenges of everyday life prove too difficult for them?