POLITICS ARE PERSONAL

feature documentary | 104 minutes | 2026 | Germany | in distribution
Directed by Indira Geisel and produced by Sommer Slatter Film
in co-production with ZDF das Kleine Fernsehspiel and the University of Television and Film Munich with the support of the Bavarian Banking Fund

When her father switches political sides, a young filmmaker gets out her camera and begins to observe her family. The former mayor of Düsseldorf and current member of the European parliament has spent his career in the SPD whose party of leftist liberals once shaped the country's postwar prosperity by balancing close ties with the United States for military protection and Russia for affordable energy. Now the world has changed. In search of politics that still makes sense to him, he joins a new populist party, which promises to revive that lost balance between East and West. For his 93-year-old father, a lifelong social democrat, it is an act of betrayal. For longtime companions, a dangerous slide toward the fringes. And the filmmaker has to ask herself - where do we belong when political grounds shift?

Team

Director: Indira Geisel
Producers: Thomas Slatter & Felix Sommer
Cinematographer: Samuel Zerbato & Indira Geisel
Editor: Sebastian Winkels & Simon Brückner (Eine deutsche Partei, Berlinale 2022)
Composer: Arezou Rezaei
Dramaturgical Advisor: Simon Brückner
Commissioning editor: Jakob Zimmermann
Sound-Designer: Xavier Fleming
Sound-Mix: Andreas Goldbrunner
Colorgrading: Nicholas Coleman

Festivals

DOK.fest Munich Competition DOK.deutsch 2026
World premiere

Labs

DOK.talent Award 2024 (DOK.forum Munich)
Winner

Production & Sales

We are looking for distribution partners and world sales agents. Please contact us!
Thomas Slatter & Felix Sommer (producers@sommer-slatter.com)