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