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13 Min., Dokumentarfilm , KurzfilmFeeling different—or feeling that she does not belong—is nothing new to Yen Nguyen: be whiter, have more German friends. From her new life in Oslo, 900 kilometres from her family, she journeys back to her roots, confronting questions of self-acceptance, identity and family.
Boy
30 Min., Dokumentarfilm , Kurzfilm»BOY« narrates through pictures of urban environments and close observations the lives of a girl which is raised as a boy in Afghanistan and a young afghan singer, who now lives in London but wore boys clothes to be more free in afghan society.
Erst Nachts konnten wir traurig sein
8 Min., Dokumentarfilm , KurzfilmIn 1987, many Vietnamese people arrived in Germany as contract workers, hoping to build a new life. Nguyen Thi Le was one of them. On her sixtieth birthday, she looks back on her early years in Germany—a time marked by loneliness, homesickness and hope.
Farah
75 Min., DokumentarfilmFARAH follows an Afghan teenager raised as a boy under the “Bacha Posh” tradition as she searches for her identity in Germany.
Lichter der Straße
86 Min., DokumentarfilmSearching for women who live on the move, the filmmaker encounters a travelling craftswoman, a woman living in a van and two Yenish women. Through poetic words and images, she follows their paths—and discovers hidden spaces of transit amid Germany's ordered landscapes.
Motherland
4 Min., Kurzfilm , MusicMOTHERLAND returns to the persistent question of belonging between two cultures, as artist ANOTHER NGUYEN searches for reconciliation with herself and her roots.
Una Primavera
80 Min., DokumentarfilmA daughter follows her mother with a camera on a deeply personal journey that leads them both through the contradictions of family.
Wohnen auf Zeit
8 Min., Dokumentarfilm , KurzfilmJasmin Phan returns with her father, Thao, to the dormitory where he first arrived in Germany forty years ago. Their search uncovers new facets of his life and reframes reunification through the eyes of a former contract worker—a personal encounter with family and history.
Zuhause ist dort, wo die Sternfrüchte sauer sind
24 Min., Dokumentarfilm , KurzfilmFilmmaker Huy Nguyen chronicles a transcontinental relationship with his grandparents, shaped by intimacy and distance. Speaking with them for the first time about a family taboo—love and emotional connection—he embarks on a personal journey that brings the intergenerational tensions within his family to the surface.
