16mm | 16 min | color | 2012

In the German Democratic Republic children played with dollhouses made to resemble the type of life they would one day grow up to have. Now many of these houses can be found for sale on eBay or in collectors’ hands.

The dollhouses that survive do so as idealized images of a time and place that no longer exists. Through the words of their past and new owners, Eigenheim looks at the people and memories that once dwelled in these spaces to explore the remnants of a lost world.

Screenings:

Serious Fun. Architektur & Spiele, Architekturzentrum Wien; Vienna, Austria 2022
Stadt. Land. Film, Karl Marx Platz; Berlin, Germany 2021
Anthology Film Archives; New York, USA 2019
Wolf Kino; Berlin, Germany 2015
LOFT 345; Guangzhou, China 2014
Ullens Center for Contemporary Art; Beijing, China 2014
Interfilm Festival; Berlin, Germany 2014
Picture Show; New York, USA 2014
Goethe Institut; Toronto, Canada 2014
Bright Lights Film Series; Boston, USA 2013
Vermont International Film Festival; Burlington, USA 2013
Directors Lounge; Berlin, Germany 2013
New Filmmakers, Anthology Film Archives; New York, USA 2013
Milwaukee Underground Film Festival; Milwaukee, USA 2013
Goethe Haus; Jakarta, Indonesia 2013
Frames Per Second Series: Floor Plan, PLUG Projects; Kansas, USA 2013
Experiments in Cinema; Albuquerque, USA 2013
FLEXFest; Gainesville, USA 2013
Mindpirates e.V.; Berlin, Germany 2013
Stuttgarter Filmwinter; Stuttgart, Germany 2013
Nomadenkino presents films by LaborBerlin; Berlin, Germany 2012
Antimatter Film Festival; Victoria, BC, Canada 2012
1001 International Documentary Film Festival; Instanbul, Turkey 2012
Belo Horizonte International Short Film Festival; Belo Horizonte, Brazil 2012
Huesca Film Festival; Huesca, Spain 2012
Wiener Festwochen: Gran Lux – Do it yourself Filmlabors und exprimentelle Kinematografie aus Europa; Wien, Austria 2012