The English translation:

Really good people

This week we are happy about: Dagie Brundert

I'm currently sitting in the sun on La Gomera and thinking about death. Yesterday I thought my father would die soon. He has dementia and was ill. The doctors said it was coming to an end. But today he's fit again. A constant up and down. Death fits in with my philosophy of life. Everything is fleeting, nothing is permanent. I am an advocate of the Japanese wabi-sabi concept. It has a lot to do with the appreciation of ageing and the beauty of imperfect things, things in transit.

For 50 years, death was not a part of my life at all. I am a flower child, privileged, happy and kissed by happiness. No one who was particularly close to me ever left. Until my long-time friend and partner died in the summer of 2022.

We always had a wonderful energy together in the afternoons. Then he just fell over. A world collapsed for me. He was the most important person to me. We also made a lot of films together. I still try to take something positive away from his death. I'm not a believer, but I do have this feeling of a connection to the universe and a sense of wonder. We had a long-distance relationship. We didn't see each other that often. I'm happy that I was able to be so close to him during his transition.

Dagie Brundert, 61, is a filmmaker and lives in Berlin. She shoots her films exclusively on analogue Super 8 film material. Protocol: Niko Kappel

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