Title: My Small Land Kurds living in Japan, that seems almost surreal in a country where you probably expect and see more Asian people. What is everyday life in Germany (although unfortunately still not taken for granted), is something very exotic in Japan and that is not by chance, because to get a permanent residence […]
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Title: Bimileui eondeok | The Hill of Secrets | Hügel der Geheimnisse Twelve-year-old Myung-eun (Moon Seung-a) is sitting at dinner with her brother and parents. They are having crab today. The TV is on in the background and there are reports about poorer people who can receive a donation with a phone call. When she […]
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Title: Kalle Kosmonaut For some people it is unimaginable to live in a prefabricated housing estate like Allee der Kosmonauten in Berlin, but for the young Kalle and his family there is no question of that and probably no other option. Kalle grew up here, visited the Arche regularly as a child, hangs out with […]
Titel: An Cailín Ciúin | The Quiet Girl | Das stille Mädchen/ Grand Prize of the International Jury of Generation Kplus for Best Film The 11 year old Cáit (Catherine Clinch) lives together with her 4 siblings in poorer circumstances. Her mother is heavily pregnant and just manages to keep the household running and her […]
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Titel: Beans from Tracey Deer – Winner of the Crystal Bear for the best feature film of the children’s jury Beans (Kiawentiio) is the short name of Tekahentahkhwa, an Indigenous girl and her story is set in Canada in 1990 during the so-called Oka Crisis. The Mohawk people, an Indigenous tribe, are resisting the expansion […]
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Title: Nelly Rapp – Monster Agent von Amanda Adolfsson Nelly (Matilda Gross) fights with loud noises and gloomy music through a backdrop of cardboard boxes against a large black shadow monster, which is projected on the walls by her flashlight. She is on a stage at her school and has just arrived at the finale, […]