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On a hot summer's day in Berlin-Neukölln, Şirin drives her red Citroen AX to her childhood friend Banu to pick up her aunt Bihar. Queer women play basketball, sit in front of a convenience store, impressions of the migrantized district. Banu celebrates a scholarship, while Şirin is sad about a rejection. In the evening, Bihar comforts Şirin with a song. The next day, they take a trip to the countryside, where family secrets come to light during an excursion. Once there, Şirin tries to teach Bihar how to ride a bike, they go to the lake and remember Bihar's village. In the water, Şirin holds her non-swimming aunt in her arms. At dinner in the cottage, an argument about children and queerness arises. In the garden, they sort out their feelings and memories when Bihar reveals that she also had feelings for a girl. The next morning, Şirin dances on a hill while Bihar hangs out the washing. They drive off into the distance together.
#Family #Women #LGBTQI+ #Youth #Holiday #love #coming out
Direction/Screenplay: Emine Demir
Production: Vera Paulmann
1st Assistant Director: May Dugast
Junior Production: Sidonia Yridjé Gnahoua
Production Management: Lisa Rückwardt
Script/Continuity: Thu Hoài Trần
Choreographer: Candaş Baş
Production Assistant: Thúy Nguyen
Director of Photography: Diara Sow
Camera Assistant: Loup Deflandre
Chief Lighting Technician: Iris Richter
2nd Assistant Director: Diane Izabiliza
Lighting Technician: Sophie Gusenko
Lighting Technician: Lotta Philipsson
Set Photography: Ceren Saner
Costume Design: Melis Arı
Production Design: Merve Celikyurt
Production Design: Deniz Bolat
Wardrobe/Costumes: Hiyam Biary
Makeup Artist: Mukunda Sai Th
Set Decorator: Gulzat Matisakov
Set Decorator: Elias Hamman
Sound Design: Nîna Laçin
Sound Design: Gislinde Böhringer
Editing: Aline Amelie Bon
Color Grading: Sally Shamas
Awareness: Aïma Samatova
Catering: Huong Pham Thi Lien
Catering: Huyền Luong Thi
DCP Creation: Alex Töchterle
Actress: Seda Güngör
Actress: Ferial Hajo
Actress: Roxana B.
Emine Demir is a director, screenwriter and a poet. Their cinematic works revolves around themes of racism, queer feminism, family, state oppression and the question of belonging and longing. She is one of eight children of parents from Turkey, who immigrated to Germany in the 1970’s. In 2012 she graduated with a Master's degree in Peace and Conflict Studies (Marburg & Kent). Her [...]
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