As if Moth­er Cried that Night

Sirvan and Hoda, an Iranian couple whose asylum application was rejected in Germany, live in a refugee camp in Berlin. In order to obtain a residence permit, they decide that Hoda should become pregnant by a German man, in order to give both of them the right to stay in Germany. As we pursue this unconventional path of getting a permission to stay, we lose ourselves in the labyrinth of German bureaucracy and remain there with no solution and with the bitter feeling that current laws and structures are deeply qustionable.

Credits

Cast:

Hadi Khanjanpour

Hoda Taheri

Benjamin Kühni

Kirsten Burger

Script:

Magdalena Jacob

Hoda Taheri

Producer:

Julia Rose Gostynski

Camera:

Lena Thiemann

Editing:

Boris Hadžija

Tondesign:

Boris Hadžija

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Regie:

Hoda Taheri

Gattung:

Kurzfilm

Produktionsland:

Germany

Produktionsfirma:

Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin

Produktion:

2023

Drehformat:

Digital

Vorführformat:

4:3

Bildgeschwindigkeit:

24 fps

Seitenverhältnis:

4:3

Tonformat:

Dolby 5.1

Sprache:

Farsi, German

Fassung:

OmU

Laufzeit:

19 min