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Germany / 2018 / 60'

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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)

Слични филмови

THE PRINCESS AND THE PEA
SNOWFLAKE
THE POCKET MAN
THROUGH THE LENS OF DESIRE
Karla and Nordahl
BIRD BOY
Caught in the Net (school version)
THE ELEPHANT AND THE BICYCLE
FOREPLAY
PRINCE KI-KI-DO; SUPERDO
PEACOCK
APOLLO JAVAKHETI
ANT
DANCE LESSONS
ONCE AURORA
CHADDR – A RIVER BETWEEN US

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