COUNTRY: Germany YEAR: 2025 RUNNING TIME: 106 min
FSK: 12 RECOMMENDED FROM: 9.Class
DIRECTED BY: Max Ahrens, Maik Lüdemann
LANGUAGE(S): German, Arabic, English, French
SUBTITLE(S): German
PRODUCER: Max Ahrens, Maik Lüdeman
EDITED BY: Lino Thaesler
CINEMATOGRAPHY: Nils Kohstall, Maik Lüdemann
MUSIC: Ophelia Hausmann
Screenings
Filmdiscussion with director Maik Lüdemann
Synopsis
When, at the beginning of 2025, a motion on migration policy is passed in the Bundestag with the support of the AfD, a party classified as right-wing extremist, the political landscape is shaken and a nationwide wave of protests is triggered. Nevertheless, the so-called ‘migration debate’ is in full swing and is increasingly dominated by right-wing positions that stir up fears and endanger not only human lives at Europe’s external borders. KEIN LAND FÜR NIEMAND (No Country for Anyone) sets out to investigate the causes of this development.
The film crew accompanies a civilian rescue mission
in the Mediterranean, provides insight into the tightening of European asylum law, lets refugees describe their perspectives and, in dialogue with activists, scientists and publicists, analyses the dynamics behind the shift to the right.
#Migration #Shift to the right #Democracy
Director
Max Ahrens & Maik Lüdemann
Biography
Max Ahrens is a cultural scientist, author, musician, and director who lives in Hamburg. After studying film and television in Hamburg he realized numerous projects, including music videos, commercials, and the award-winning medium-length film LUKAS TAUCHT together with Maik Lüdemann. In 2018, he received an award at the German Young Screenwriters’ Prize for his screenplay THE BIG BAD. In 2023, he also completed a master’s degree in cultural studies at Leuphana University Lüneburg, where he specialized in cinematic representations of trauma.
Maik Lüdemann is a German director, cinematographer, and managing director of the film production company Nashorn Filmhaus, based in Hamburg. After completing his master’s degree in “Value-Oriented Advertising Film” at the Hamburg Media School, Lüdemann shot cinema, TV, and social media commercials for various NGOs. Since 2014, he has been working with Max Ahrens as a directing duo on documentaries, short films, and advertising projects with a focus on civil society. KEIN LAND FÜR NIEMAND – ABSCHOTTUNG EINES EINWANDERUNGSLANDES is also his feature film debut, in which he incorporates his experiences and research from a rescue mission in the Mediterranean and on the island of Lesbos.
Filmography
Max Ahrens: Lukas taucht (2017), Kein Land für Niemand – Abschottung eines Einwanderungslandes (2025)
Maik Lüdemann: Minden Replying (2016), Lukas taucht (2017), Kein Land für Niemand – Abschottung eines Einwanderungslandes (2025)
Links /Contacts
WEBSITE: https://kein-land-fuer-niemand.de/
INSTAGRAM: @kein_land_fuer_niemand/
PRODUCTION: Nashorn Filmhaus
GERMAN DISTRIBUTOR: Jörg van Bebber, Drop-Out Cinema