Last Year in Utopia

Last Year in Utopia documents an experimental set-up: a staged group media experiment, isolated from the outside world, is reconstructed on the site where the original events unfolded. The boundaries between autonomy and heteronomy dissolve in new role assignments as the film makes the power structure behind the artificially created utopia visible.

Directed by Katharina Knust, Jana Magdalena Keuchel, Last Year in Utopia leans on a strong ensemble — Babette Winter, Mirja Henking, Benedikt Flörsch — to carry a story that balances spectacle with character.

The film landed with audiences for its craft and performances, and remains one of the most talked-about documentary titles of 2019.