She Makes and Unmakes
(in development)
Writer and director: Jonas Bak
Jenna is 34, unmarried and without children,
a “left-over woman” in Hong Kong society.
She is thinking about motherhood,
but her German partner Max is out of work and
going through a mental crisis.
She cares for him and hides their struggles from her family.
Their expectations and Hong Kong suffocate her.
To heal Max and to be able to breathe again,
she brings him home to a simpler life in his rural German town.
a “left-over woman” in Hong Kong society.
She is thinking about motherhood,
but her German partner Max is out of work and
going through a mental crisis.
She cares for him and hides their struggles from her family.
Their expectations and Hong Kong suffocate her.
To heal Max and to be able to breathe again,
she brings him home to a simpler life in his rural German town.
In co-production with AMA FILM
Script development funding by MFG Baden-Württemberg
Winner of the 2022 Berlinale Kompagnon Förderpreis
2022 TFL ScriptLab