"G20 in Hamburg – Countdown für den Gipfel" is a 30-minute documentary by John A. Kantara produced for the ARTE "Re:" series and broadcast in the days before the 2017 G20 summit. As Hamburg prepared to host heads of state including Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin and Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, the film accompanies police units, city officials, activists and residents through the final countdown to a summit staged in the heart of a major European metropolis. With 15,000 officers deployed, large security zones drawn across entire districts and assembly bans in force, the documentary captures the mounting tension between the security apparatus and a protest movement gathering from across Europe. "Countdown für den Gipfel" focuses on the days before the clashes for which the summit later became known, offering a journalistic, street-level portrait of a city caught between political spectacle, civil liberties and the threat of confrontation.