Year: 2019

Director: Elke Margarete Lehrenkrauss

Duration: 106’

Language(s): German, English, Bulgarian

Country: Germany

Director of photography: Christoph Rohrscheidt

Additional Editors: Sven Kulik, Petja Nedeltscheva, Irem Schwarz

Narrative Advisors: Uli Gaulke, Chris Wright

Commissioner Editor: Timo Grosspietsch

Sound: Henrik Cordes, Elke Lehrenkrauss

Music: Dascha Dauenhauer

Sound Design: Henrik Cordes

Sound mixer: Torben Seemann, Chaussee Sounvision

Production: Elke Margarete Lehrenkrauss

Awards: Camden FF 2019, Emerging Cinematic Vision Award DOC LA 2019, Best International Documentary Skopje FF 2019, Best Film Award

Synopsis: When night falls in rural Germany, old caravans decorated with flashy lights line the country roads which lead through dark forests. Inside theses buses prostitutes from Eastern Europe and Africa await their clients who are passing by. The film portraits these women who came from far away in search for money and a better life.

Director’s bio: Elke Margarete Lehrenkrauss is a Berlin based filmmaker and visual artist. In 2012, she graduated with distinction from the KHM Academy of Media Arts Cologne as fellow of the German National Academic Foundation. In 2003, she received her diploma in Video Arts from the HSLU Lucerne University of Art and Design. Her films and artworks have been exhibited on festivals, in museums and galleries worldwide and been multi-awarded. Lovemobil is her feature debut.