Über uns von uns

In the organizer's words:

• DE/SA/JO 2024
• 92 min
• Director: Rand Beiruty
• FSK: not specified
• Documentary: Original version with German voiceover and subtitles where applicable

Full of curiosity and with genuine interest, "About Us by Us" is dedicated to the concerns and hopes of the people portrayed, who are on their way to adulthood in the rural province.

ÜBER UNS VON UNS follows the lives of seven teenage girls on their way to adulthood in Eberswalde, an East German provincial town 55 km from Berlin. As new arrivals in the town, the girls not only have to overcome the typical challenges of teenage life such as friendships, school and self-discovery, but also have to get used to a new culture and environment and come to terms with the nuances of their identity as immigrants and refugees. Their experiences of displacement, cultural adaptation and the pressure to assimilate add layers to their narratives. Alongside their everyday lives, the director leads workshops in which the girls explore their hopes, dreams and fears through writing, music and acting, and then write scenes to perform on camera. These scenes are transformed into dream sequences in which the girls imagine the future in order to process their painful experiences and playfully transform them into future perspectives.