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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.
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.
Habitat
79 Min., DokumentarfilmAlong the shores of Germany's largest artificial lake, HABITAT enters the worlds of former miners, women observing nature and asylum seekers from different backgrounds.
La Duna
93 Min., DokumentarfilmBeginning with the rumour that Silvio Berlusconi stole a sand dune from Sardinia's southern coast, LA DUNA circles a single question: who owns the land? A collection of strange, fairytale-like, absurd and true stories unfolds around power, property and resistance.
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.
Nasim
85 Min., DokumentarfilmStranded in Moria, the EU's largest refugee camp, Nasim battles her own fears and the camp's brutal conditions in pursuit of a self-determined life. When Moria burns to the ground in September 2020, every glimmer of hope seems extinguished.
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.
