Vom Traum unsinkbar zu sein

• DE 2025
• 87 min
• Director: Tom Fröhlich 
• Age rating: 6 and up
• Documentary: Original version with German voiceover and subtitles where applicable

Screenings:

• Thu, July 2, 2026 – Wed, July 8, 2026 at 5:00 p.m.
• Thu, July 9, 2026 – Wed, July 15, 2026 at 9:00 p.m.

A journey across the sea and through time: Four ships from what was once the GDR’s largest fishing fleet survived the fall of the Berlin Wall and now sail under different flags in new waters. They tell stories of work, community, and home—and explore what remains of these things today.

In *THE DREAM OF BEING UNSINKABLE*, Rostock-based director Tom Fröhlich tells a story of home set at sea. At its peak, the GDR’s fleet comprised
deep-sea fishing fleet comprised over 100 vessels—the largest ever to sail under the German flag. Over the course of 40
years of operation, not a single ship was lost at sea. Today, only
a few of these steel colossi remain. Tom Fröhlich has tracked down four of them: off the coast of Greenland, in a Spanish port, at a Danish scrapyard, and in the Port of Hamburg. They are the last witnesses to a vanished working world and, at the same time, living places where people still work, live, and remember today. Narrated by Charly Hübner.
The film explores the effects of German reunification, globalization, and industrialization—
at the same time, it is a multi-layered reflection on memory, home, and painful loss in an ever-changing world.