Borders and Boundaries also has films that expand beyond the Berlin Wall, such as Simone Bitton’s documentary, Wall, about the building of the separation wall in Israel.
The subject of the Berlin Wall and its effect on East and West Germans is being explored in two film seasons: the Barbican’s Borders and Boundaries, and Home in Manchester’s Beyond the Berlin Wall, which focuses exclusively on female directors.
Thirty years on from the fall of the Berlin Wall, film-makers who documented life on either side say divides between communities are becoming more prevalent, from Brexit to tensions at the US-Mexico border.
Gali Gold, the Barbican’s head of cinema, said its season showed how prominent the issues film-makers in Berlin struggled with before reunification still were.