Children of Spring

REENACTMENT | DUSAN SOLOMUN| `42 | 2018

A high-rise roof somewhere in Berlin. From the rooftop you can see the whole city. It is summer. On the roof is a group of refugees from Syria. The depth below reminds them of the depth of the sea. Above them is only sky. On this roof, they feel like they are back on their journey across the Mediterranean - lost on a small rubber boat. They begin to reenact the most dramatic situation they have survived during their flight: crossing the Mediterranean between Turkey and Greece. They try several times but the Turkish Coast Guard prevents them. During an attempt, water begins to swamp the boat - the refugees save themselves by swimming for hours.

DUSAN SOLOMUN FILMPRODUKTION & OHNE GEPÄCK FILMPRODUKTION

CAST
Ahmad Alkurdi

Basher Torkmani
Ovice Torkmani
Mohammad Alhussain
Lamia Baddour
Rafika Ajlani
Isra Ajlani
Omar Ajlani
Samar ajlani
Yazan Melhen
Dellair Youssef
Zia Alamir Daghstani
Myriam Belhaj
Usama Salama
Samar Ajlani Ghaze Nakash
Ahmed Roubied
Radwan Zarka
Milan Radeta
Simon Meyer
Ludwig Hülk
Matjaz Juren
Bilge Redzep
Majid Albunni
Samar Albunni
Ali Erkan Özdemir
Ali Awada

DIRECTOR Dusan Solomun SCRIPT Dusan Solomun CINEMATOGRAPHY Tilo Hauke FILM EDITING Jan Bihl PRODUCTION DESIGN Jana Donis MAKE-UP Ursula Windmann SOUND Oscar Stiebitz SOUNDDESIGN Oscar Stiebitz
MUSIK Emre Turkmeen

SONY FS 7 | ZEISS HS | 1,85:1

FESTIVALS & AWARDS

BELDOCS INT DOCUMENTARY FILM FESTIVAL
17th ISCHIA FILM FESTIVAL
29th FILM FESTIVAL COTTBUS
5th CONCEPCIÓN INDEPENDENT FILM AWARDS | AWARD FOR BEST EXPERIMENTAL FEATURE
8th SLUM FILM FESTIVAL
13th BUFFALO INT‘L FILM FESTIVAL
4th FECIS - SALTO INDEPENDENT FILM FESTIVAL | AWARD FOR BEST EXPERIMENTAL FEATURE
5th BAHIA INDEPENDENT CINEMA FESTIVAL
5th RED CARPET HUMAN RIGHTS FILM FESTIVAL
5th SIERRA INTERNATIONAL FILM WEEKEND
6th FINDECOIN - INDEPENDENT INT‘L SHORT & FEATURE Boddinale Berlin 2020
Achtung Berlin 2020

© Tilo Hauke 2022