SATURDAY 14 JUNE @ 7:00 PM GOETHE-INSTITUT 

TINY: a story about living small

USA, 2013, color, 65 minutes

Directed and Produced by: Christopher Smith, Merete Mueller
Sound Designer: Elliot Thompson
Music: Timothy Cleary

What is home? And how do we find it? TINY follows one couple’s attempt to build a Tiny House from scratch with no building experience, and profiles other families who have downsized their lives into houses smaller than the average parking space. Through homes stripped down to their essentials, the film raises questions about sustainability, good design, and the changing American Dream.  TINY is a coming-of-age story for a generation that is more connected, yet less tied down than ever, and for a society redefining its priorities in the face of a changing financial and environmental climate. More than anything, TINY invites its viewers to dream big and imagine living small.

ADVANCED TICKET REQUIRED ($15)

ABOUT MERETE MUELLER

Merete is a writer and multimedia project manager. With a special interest in issues of environmental sustainability and living “close to the bone,” she’s worked with environmental journalist Simran Sethi, as Managing Editor of elephant journal, and as a project manager at a slow food travel organization and a mobile app software company. “Home” for Merete is some combination of Boston, where she grew up, Maine, where she spent childhood summers, and Boulder, Colorado, where she currently lives.

ABOUT TREES FOR THE FUTURE

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