Revolution as a borderline experience

World history is full of resistance against painfully perceived inequality. Whether the rebellion against conditions that are perceived as untenable gives rise to a new lack of freedom or a departure for a better future - it is always people who are prepared to break out of the social norm, who make themselves visible for what they perceive to be a "greater good", often risking their lives and those of their loved ones in the process. Whether they do this alone or collectively - underground or as performance art, at protests or even in armed conflict. The latest example in the immediate European neighborhood: the unrest that broke out in the winter of 2013/14 on Kiev's Maidan, Independence Square, and led in several stages of escalation to the Russian war of aggression in eastern Ukraine. In this collection, we present films that tell stories of rebellion and awakening, of striving for freedom and rebelling against injustice. Sometimes the uprising results in the oppression of "the other", leading to new powerlessness and even more flashpoints. Often, however, it is seen as the basis for a new, more democratic distribution of wealth and influence. In any case, the revolution is a borderline experience.