The Director About the Film

„Vamos a la Playa is filmed from the perspective of three German tourists. The film is about key moments of growing up and addresses contradictions and painful experiences. The film asks many questions but offers no clear answers. It shows seduction in the apparent paradise — produced with humour, improvisation and passion, filmed by a small team and with a very compact budget. The protagonists of the film are „digital natives“ in their 20s. I gave each actor and actress a smartphone to film themselves. The film pushes the protagonists into a country that comes apart at its seams and that works differently than they imagined. In this environment, Katharina, Judith, Benjamin and Wanja begin to question themselves. As the facade is crumbling, so is their self image. Simultaneously, the film is about how Europeans behave abroad. We rejoice at and are ashamed about our privileges. Simultaneously, we dream about making the world fairer. The great question is: how?“ Bettina Blümner