Ostdeutschland

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13 Min., Dokumentarfilm , Experimentalfilm , Kurzfilm

A ghost-train ride through the former industrial region of Halle/Bitterfeld, a place trying to shed its reputation. Just beneath the newly polished surface, the recent past remains deposited. The subjective camera of the filmmakers, born in “Dark Germany,” stumbles in search of the right distance.

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Erst Nachts konnten wir traurig sein

8 Min., Dokumentarfilm , Kurzfilm

In 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.

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RISE UP - Haunted bei nigthmares, looking for dreamers

89 Min., Dokumentarfilm

Across four continents and four decades, RISE UP revisits political upheavals as a fiery plea against the growing sense of political powerlessness in an age of deepening crises.

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Wohnen auf Zeit

8 Min., Dokumentarfilm , Kurzfilm

Jasmin 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.

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