Saturday the 4th of May 2019
6 am to 6 am the next day
24h Europe - The next Generation
Europe, real time, for 24 hours
A day to feel Europe’s pulse and connect with its 18- to 30-year-olds. These 60 young people from a variety of backgrounds in 26 European countries go about their daily lives, and talk about their dreams, fears, worries and wishes. This one-of-a-kind record of today’s youth and manifesto for the future will run for a full 24 hours, from 6 am to 6 am the next day.
This day-long programme will be a deep dive into their universe in Sofia, Toulouse, Barcelona, Almería, Belgrade, Zurich, Lesbos, Helsinki, Magnitogorsk, Berlin, Namur, Tallinn, Sarajevo, Kautokeino, Warsaw or Iceland’s fjords. Some of them have opted out of the mainstream, others embraced religion; some are open to the world, others nationalistic and attached to their homeland; some are privileged, others underprivileged. They are outcasts, farmers, fishers, IT developers, female rickshaw drivers, kick-boxers, doctors, teachers, students, apprentices, nurses, DJs, artists, animal photographers, businesswomen and jobseekers. Some are in minorities, some on the front line, some political activists. They speak different languages, live in secluded villages or large metropolises, and some are fighting for women’s rights. Most were born in Europe, a few fled to Europe.
Protagonists
Dominika, 27, Hungary - Is a subsistence farmer
Gordon,23, Northern Ireland - Farmer in 4th generation
Sam, 26, United Kingdom - Fisherman
Lilja, 29, Island - Park ranger in a national park
Andreij, 28, Russia - Worker in a giant steel factory
Christian, 30, Germany - Start-Up founder
Mirco, 26, Italy - Stopped his studies to support his parents
Joana, 27, Portugal - Tuk-Tuk driver in Lisbon
Nickolay, 24, Russia - Doctor and activist
Sándor, 22, Hungary - Student, member of a poor Roma familyStudent, Mitglied einer armen Roma-Familie
Khalifa, 23, France - Writes and sings hip hop songs
Rity, 27, Estonia - Single mother of a 3 year old son
Yorgos, 21, Greece - Unemployed, crisis generation
Chloe, 25, Mediterranean Sea - Rescue refugees on the Seawatch 3
Verica, 26, Serbia - Surgeon who emigres to Germany
Yannis, 30, Greece - Runs a Kindergarten welcoming refugees children
Jeremy, 31, France - Policeman specialized in the fight against false documents
Ruben, 26, Netherlands - Young dad lives with his family in a project with elderly
Romana, 26, Slovakia - Takes care of an old Austrian Lady
Valeri, 17, Bulgaria - Last young person in a village
Ville, 25, Finland - Nature photographer
Therese, 25, Sweden - E-sport player
Loviisa, 17, Finland - Cheerleader
Kateryna, 23, Ukraine - Radiologist in Chernobyl
Bilal, 22, Germany - Migrant from Nigeria
Ann Catharina, 26, Norway - Lives the Sami traditions
Nicolas, 30, Belgium - Will become a priest
Mirza, 21, Bosnia and Herzegovina - Muezzin in Sarajevo's main mosque
Ina, 24, Romania - Traditional singer
Noah, 23, Neatherlands - Transgender Youtuber
Mary, 23, Germany - Member of the nationalist Party AfD
Jagoda, 15, Poland - Member of a paramilitary group
Anastasiya, 19, Russia - Strong Putin follower
Almerigo, Italy - Nationalist and anti-European
Alba, 22, Spain/Catalonia - Feminist and environmentalist
Ibrahim, 30, France - Driver
Natalia and Marta, Poland - Women’s rights activists
Sandrine, 27, France - Member of parliament LREM (Macron)
Carolina, 25, Italy - Works for an American company in London
Edoardo, 20, Italy - Belongs to Milan's high society
Oriol, 21, Spain and United Kingdom - Currency-trador in London
David, 26, France - Attorney member of the Paris Bar
Katla and Ásrós, 15 and 17, Iceland - Upcoming stars
Vuk, 16, Serbia - Punk musician
Lydia, 19, United Kingdom - Co-Founder of a fashion brand
Jana, 23, Czech Republic - Studies orchestral conducting
André, Portugal - Surf teacher
Lexie, 26, Poland - Web developer
Aleksandr, 23, Ukraine - Army officer
Astrid, 23, Norway - Survived the attack on Utøya
Candy Crash, 27, Germany - Drag-queen and influencer
Julie, 29, Belgium - Police-women in Brussels
Credits
Artistic direction: Britt Beyer
Directors: Britt Beyer, Vassili Silovic
Idea and concept: Volker Heise
Producers: Thomas Kufus and Kornelia Theune (zero one film), Pierre-Olivier Bardet (Idéale Audience)
RBB/SWR/BR/RTBF/YLE/CT/ARTE, zero one film, Idéale Audience
Head of project ARD: Martina Zöllner (rbb)
Coordination ARD: Dr. Markus Nievelstein (ARTE Deutschland)
Commissioning Editors: Carolin Mayer (rbb), Manuel Tanner (rbb), Claire Isambert (ARTE G.E.I.E.), Catherine Le Goff (ARTE G.E.I.E.), Alex Szalat (ARTE France), Anne Charbonnel (ARTE France), Gudrun Hanke-El Ghomri (SWR), Sonja Scheider (BR), Erkko Lyytinen (YLE), Marika Kecskémeti (YLE Thema), Isabelle Christiaens (RTBF), Markéta Štinglová (CT)
With the support of the Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg Germany/France, 2018; 24 x 60 min./1,440 min
1st release
