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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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Dunkelblau, wie ich mich fühle

20 Min., Dokumentarfilm , Experimentalfilm , Kurzfilm

Amid the concrete tower blocks, fifteen-year-old Gerda Müller confronts her loneliness alongside filmmaker Lan Mi Lê. Moving through a tangle of emotions, she explores questions of identity, family and friendship—and answers the dark blue of her life with song, performance and TikTok videos.

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Alles gehört zu dir

13 Min., Dokumentarfilm , Kurzfilm

Feeling 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.

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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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Zuhause ist dort, wo die Sternfrüchte sauer sind

24 Min., Dokumentarfilm , Kurzfilm

Filmmaker 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.

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