WHY AM I HERE
Germany / 2018 / 60'
WHY AM I HERE
Five people between the ages of 10 and 84 talk about why they had to leave their home and what it was like to arrive in Germany. What is different? What do they miss? Between scenes of daily life at the new school and on the football ground the lives that Ahmad, Frau Schiller, Leila, Lena and Cacau left behind and the stories of the flights they lived through come alive in animated sequences.
Director: Mieko Azuma, Susanne Mi-Son Quester
Script: Susanne Mi-Son Quester, Mieko Azuma
Photography: Mieko Azuma
Editing: Melanie Jilg
Animation: Gitte Hellwig, Lisa Neubauer, Daniella Koffler, Franziska Poike, Simon Steinhorst & Hannah Stragholz, Kazuma Taketan
Selected filmography:
- August (2011)
- Dienstag und ein Bisschen Mittwoch / Tuesday and a Bit of Wednesday (2007)
Festivals and awards:
- DOK.fest Munich, Germany (2019)
- SWR DOKU Festival, Germany (2019)
- Public Award, DOK Leipzig, Germany (2018)
