Rainer Komers '15

Study of film at Kunstakademie Düsseldorf, master class. Documentaries made in Alaska, Germany, India, Japan, Latvia, Montana, Yemen. Director, cinematographer, lecturer, word artist, writer. Lives in Berlin and Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany.

Filmography:
Daugava Delta (2014)
Ruhrurbia (2014) 
25572 Büttel (2012)
Milltown, Montana (2009) 
Kobe (2006) 
Nome Road System B 224 (1999) 
Die Sterne der Heimat (1985)   
Zigeuner in Duisburg (1980)

 

Films

  • Daugava Delta20’

    Production: LV/GER 2014

    Far from the centre of the city Riga and separated by the historical Spilve Airport with adjoining large allotment site, the suburbs Bolderāja and Daugavgrīva are a kind of social island or biotope – a blend of apartment and detached family houses, backyards, shipyards, docks, yacht club, sea academy, historic fortress and barracks. Here, where Daugava River flows into the Bay of Riga, anglers crowd the sunny mole during the spawning season of sprat, whereas veterans in the local pub are in memorial of their fallen fathers on Victory Day (День Победы).

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