Haus ohne Dach

Three siblings return to their Kurdish homeland after many years to fulfill their mother's last wish: to be buried next to her husband. On their nerve-wracking odyssey through Kurdistan, they are confronted not only with their extended Kurdish family, who do not accept their mother's last wish, but above all with themselves. They have grown very distant from each other in recent years, each living their own lives, and when they do talk, it is mostly to exchange mutual recriminations. At the same time, it becomes apparent during their journey that a terrible conflict is brewing in their homeland, the extent of which no one can initially foresee. The emigrants know little about each other, and when they do talk, it is a barrage of accusations. But it also becomes apparent that a deadly conflict is brewing in their country. HOUSE WITHOUT A ROOF, the feature film debut of German-Kurdish director Soleen Yusef, was produced in 2016 and has won numerous awards. It premiered at the Montreal World Film Festival, where it won the Grand Prix des Amériques, and subsequently screened at renowned festivals such as the Munich Film Festival, the Duhok International Film Festival, and the Beirut International Film Festival, where Yusef was honored for her directing. The film also received the Jury Prize at the Hamburg Film Festival and the International Federation of Film Critics (FIPRESCI) Prize. Produced by mîtosfilm in collaboration with the Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg and MissingFILMs, HOUSE WITHOUT A ROOF impresses with its authentic visual language and sensitive portrayal of a family caught between two worlds.