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Wo wir herkommen

2021–2026 · 59'

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  • Rouge Jaune Vert

    Selin Dettwiler, Switzerland, 2021; 7 min; CH-D / f

    Accompanied by archival material from Swiss Radio and Television (SRF) about Kurdish people in Switzerland, Selin Dettwiler asks in what key we interpret the songs of our childhood as adults.

  • Rengê Kevir (Color of Stone)

    Tuğba Yaşar, Bakur / Türkiye, 2025; 8 min; OV / e

    At the intersection of personal and political memory, Tuğba Yaşar offers a glimpse into her family’s photo album and explores how the destruction of Kurdish villages in the 1990s lives on in intergenerational and collective memory.

  • Dancing amid Fire, Rising above Ruins

    Essmat Sophie, Norway, 2023; 6 min; OV • E / e

    In her animated film, Essmat Sophie traces Tara’s experiences as a Kurdish girl in Iran, the war and her flight to Europe. Many years later, she is reminded of them in Norway.

  • Uncle Ali and I

    Shahab Mehrabi, Sweden / Iran, 2026; 14 min; OV / e

    Shahab Mehrabi enables his beloved uncle Ali to visit Kermashan, the city he fled many years ago, using a virtual-reality headset. Together, they take us on a journey to the places they long for.

  • Unser Name ist Ausländer

    Selin Besili, Switzerland, 2024; 21 min; CH-D • OV / de

    Together with her siblings Hêlîn, Fırat and Serhat, Selin Besili brings the living room of their family home into public space, offering insights into childhood memories as well as their experiences of exclusion and discrimination.

  • Les mots qui restent

    Jowan Rousseau, France, 2025; 3 min; F / e

    Jowan Rousseau embarks on a visual journey through the streets of Paris’s 13th arrondissement, creating a tribute to the beauty of this former working-class neighbourhood, its residents and allies in hidden places.