Desde aquí hasta ahí screening at Kurzfilm Hamburg

Our 2007 video "Desde aquí hasta ahí" will be screened at the Kurzfilm Festival Hamburg, in a special programme on Social Housing curated by Florian Wüst. It was filmed at the height of the Spanish property bubble. The video explores the notion of home within the context of the urban expansion of Vitoria-Gasteiz, the capital of the Basque Country. It follows young adults who prepare for a new stage in their lives: How to plan the furnishing of a recently purchased apartment yet to be finished? How to cater for the birth of the first child? These personal experiences are juxtaposed with documentation of a lottery organized by the authorities to allocate subsidized houses and of activists claiming the refurbishment of empty buildings in the center of the city.

Hamburg Positions:
When we talk about social housing in Germany, many people think of the large housing estates built with public funds that once offered low-income households modern living comfort. However, social housing is primarily a funding program for investors. Despite the deficits in the local social housing supply and even if the turnaround to more cautious urban development in the 1980s does not protect against displacement through real estate speculation, the history of successful resistance to demolition and new construction continues. The Hamburg Positions show in two programs how closely the struggle for a socially just, affordable and mixed city is linked to the creation of a counter-public. Hamburg in particular has a tradition of artistically influenced urban activism.

Screening date, times and locations:
Thursday, 05.06.2025 19:00 at Lichtmess
Friday, 06.06.2025 18:30 at Festival Center Post Saal