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Photo Lemme Film
Parchim International
Photo Lemme Film
Parchim International
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Parchim International
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Parchim International
Synopsis
A Chinese investor buys the regional airport of Parchim in provincial north Germany to turn it into a hub for international cargo and passenger transport. Sheer megalomania or enviable drive and enthusiasm?In 2007 Chinese investor Jonathan Pang bought an old military airport in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, northern Germany. In the small town of Parchim, he wants to create an international hub for air cargo transport between China, Europe and Africa. Mr Pang plans no less than to reroute international commodity flows and turn Parchim into a new centre of globalisation. But is this idea compatible with the north German provinces? The unemployment rate is high, the airport has laid idle for 17 years. A container on stilts acts as a temporary control tower, the runway is crumbling and staff speak no English. While Jonathan Pang’s German adviser Werner Knan gets increasingly bogged down by German bureaucracy, Mr Pang travels the world and with unfailing optimism endeavours to win the support of others for his undertaking. The filmmakers accompanied the investor over a period of seven years, encountering wealthy Chinese entrepreneurs, a German district administrator, a networking member of parliament and finally visiting Mr. Pangs home town in the remote Chinese province of Henan. Will he succeed in turning Parchim into a new centre of global trade?
Cast & Crew
- DirectorStefan Eberlein
- Producer
- Director of photography
- Editor (Cut)
- Sound
- Original Score
Festivals/awards
2015Special Mention DOK Leipzig
Best Documentary - 12th Achtung Berlin – new berlin film award.
Best Documentary 26th Filmkunstfest Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
2024
5 LETsDOK
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Cast & Crew
Stefan EberleinKathrin Lemme
Manuel Fenn
Antonia Fenn
Immo Trümpelmann, Urs Krüger
Eckart Gadow
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