Recommended for ages 14 and up
In this program, the filmmakers present us their world, showing themselves and their surrounding. Whilst reflecting about identity we often question this world of ours, we ask ourselves where our home is and where we belong to. However, do we really need to find “our” place somewhere? And does this place need to be a fixed one, or only the one where we are settled at the moment? Maybe the world of mine can also be found in the past, in the future or in the digital space? (Sarah Adam)
The clothes that are given to us by our partner are special objects full of emotions, they accompany and sometimes stick to us. The same happens to Martí, whose stay in Bilbao is only temporary and was planned without any emotional attachment. In the big wardrobe in his room, the few clothes he brought with him seem quite lonely – this changes, when he meets someone. The wardrobe gradually begins to fill up till he can no longer ignore that this relationship plays an important role in his life. Intimacy, love and identity mingle in the darkness of his wardrobe.
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Premiere:
German Premiere
Nominated:
A38-Production Grant Kassel-Halle
- Director: Martí Madaula Esquirol
“It is a little bit complicated,” is how Elen starts to tell her family’s history. Her mother, who is Black, was born in France, her father, who is white, was born in Ivory Coast. And she herself was born in France and raised at the Villa Madjo, a big old family house full of historical entanglements and colonial traces. Digging deep into the family archives, she browses trough photo albums, retells the stories of the different family members, and shows us memories captured on old film footage.
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Nominated:
A38-Production Grant Kassel-Halle
- Director: Elen Sylla Grollimund
There are many unspoken things in Huy’s family. Why does nobody talk about how the migration of his parents influenced the different generations? Why is it so hard to communicate? Why is the relationship between parents and children so complicated? Is there even a shared family history? And what about his own identity? In search of answers, he visits his grandparents in Vietnam and films their everyday life, their shared meals and conversations. While establishing a close relationship to them, he also tries to get closer to his parents.
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Nominated:
A38-Production Grant Kassel-Halle
A unique slideshow, documenting two long-haired trans men falling madly in love. Over the course of one year, the artist couple Samira Elagoz & Z Walsh gathered photographs from real-life events such as their first kiss, meeting each other's parents, long-distance thirst traps, a beach wedding, top surgery, and its subsequent recovery. A sweet and steamy celebration of T4T love with life and art all tangled up.
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Nominated:
Goldener Key
- Director: Samira Elagoz, Z Walsh
