Will My Parents Come to See Me
By Mo Harawe
2022 | 28 min | Drama
With destabilising gentleness, Mo Harawe recounts the last hours of the terrorist Farah before his execution.
Mo Harawe
DirectorMo Harawe is a celebrated Somali filmmaker who has attracted international attention for his haunting and poetic narratives. His films often address themes of identity, home and the social challenges of his generation. With the short film LIFE ON THE HORN (2020), inspired by the environmental catastrophe in Somalia, Harawe created a striking work that received worldwide acclaim at film festivals. His award-winning film WILL MY PARENTS COME TO SEE ME (2022) highlights the deeply emotional stories of prison inmates and shows Harawe to be a masterful storyteller of complex human destinies. He is considered an emerging voice in international cinema that impresses with empathy and visual power.
Films
Life on the Horn
By Mo Harawe
2020 | 25 min | Drama
A creeping, almost invisible toxic waste catastrophe is taking place on Somalia's coast.
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Life on the Horn
2020 | 25 min | Drama
In a narrative that explores the dire consequences of environmental neglect and exploitation at Somalia's coastline, a touching story unfolds about survival amidst adversity. Directed by Mo Harawe, this film delves into the life of a young man and his dying father, set against a backdrop of a community ravaged by the aftereffects of illegal toxic waste dumping by European intermediaries. With its stark black and white visuals, the film offers a powerful, minimalist portrayal of their daily struggles, ...
In Your Arms
2015 | 88 min | Drama
After a failed suicide attempt the terminally ill Niels, accompanied by nurse Maria, embarks on a poignant journey to seek assisted suicide in Switzerland. Because Maria prevented the suicide attempt of Niels, who suffers from a degenerative disease and is unbearably difficult to live with, she feels responsible for him. Director Samanou A. Sahlstrøm began working for Lars von Trier in 2001 and was involved in the production of Antichrist. His "directorial debut is a compelling drama with excellent ...
Alive
2019 | 94 min | Drama
Sophie and Wolfram meet in the hospital and set off together on their final journey. Both are terminally ill with cancer. They have to say goodbye to family and friends. They navigate their fear, pain, and physical decline, but a tender love takes root. A stunning, non-linear exploration of human relationships, of love and time shared through the denouement of terminal diagnosis. "Michael Siebert takes his audience on a journey of concentrated human emotions and invites to an open confrontation ...
Storm
2009 | 105 min | Drama
STORM is a gripping political thriller that takes you into the dark corridors of the international war crimes tribunal in The Hague. Hannah Maynard, an experienced prosecutor, faces one of her greatest challenges: She is conducting the trial of Goran Duric, a former commander of the Yugoslav People's Army. Duric is accused of being responsible for the deportation and murder of Bosnian Muslim civilians during the war in Yugoslavia. The trial takes a dramatic turn when the main prosecution witness ...
The Net_GO TO TRIAL
2004 | 90 min | Icons & Media Art
Media coverage of the trial of Ted Kaczynski, better known as the “Unabomber,” was sensationalist and distorted. Between 1978 and 1995, Kaczynski carried out a series of bombings in the United States targeting executives of major airlines and scientists from various elite universities. He was arrested by the FBI in 1996, but a public trial never took place. Instead, Kaczynski accepted a plea bargain in 1998, thus avoiding both the death penalty and committal to a psychiatric institution. Since then, ...
Anqa
2023 | 91 min | Documentary
Three women in Jordan live in isolation – not by choice, but out of fear of further violence. Their home is their refuge, but it is also a prison that separates them from the outside world. What does it mean to live a life in the shadows? How do you find strength in the midst of pain? Helin Çelik's documentary addresses a reality that often remains hidden. ANQA is an intimate exploration of the survival strategies of these women, whose stories are told not in words but in images. The camera focuses ...
Who's Afraid of Alice Miller?
2021 | 101 min | Documentary
Martin is rejected by his cold, uncaring mother and beaten by his father: a childhood without love. It sounds like a case right out of the book “The Drama of the Gifted Child” by world-renowned Swiss psychoanalyst Alice Miller. Except Martin is the son of the children’s rights advocate. After Alice Miller’s death, Martin embarks on a journey to finally understand the contradiction between the famous childhood trauma researcher and the destructive mother. He finally discovers what stood between him ...
Aria le film
2017 | 60 min | Documentary
Using the example of her own artificially inseminated pregnancy, Emilie Jouvet presents the difficulties faced by queer people who wish to have children in France. This movie proposes a diversity of stories and reflections on motherhood, parenthood, the desire or not to have a child through a series of portraits shot on smartphones. Millions of people, regardless of gender or sexual orientation, share the desire to have a child. But the path to pregnancy for queer people is often fraught with legal ...
visitation
2015 | 53 min | Documentary
Berlin based film maker Henrike Meyer visits the house of her family after her grandmother past away. A survey of the proximity and distance between the author and her family. The old farmhouse lies in North Germany. Surrounded by fields and sheep. A place, that appears intimate and mysterious at the same time. Children are running through the house. A dinner service on the table. Grandmother Lulu has died. Her belongings are given out, the bed room is being painted. A barking dog. The nightingale ...