Die Maßnahme | Dokumentarfilm (2009)

In a small east German town, unemployment disappears overnight thanks to a state pilot scheme meant to make welfare payments unnecessary. The film keeps a straight face while the machinery of the experiment reveals its own absurdity, treating real labour-market policy as tragicomedy rather than reportage.

Why it's free: Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg publishes its own students' documentary films.