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I was never really here

Gabriel Bihina Arrahnio // Germany // 2022 // 22:51 min

Live Action // Coming of Age, Drama

Language: German, English, Twi // Subtitles: English, German

Only when Sam (17) meets Kwesi (19) he is confronted with his German-Ghanaian identity. But the growing love of the two boys is endangered by Kwesi's insecure residence status.

Topics:

#BIPOC   #Deportation   #Flirt   #LGBTQI+   #Migration   #Human Rights   #Youth   #identity   #Summer   #Fear  

Festivals & Awards:

German Short Film Awards 2023 - Nominated for Best Live Action Short Film

Aesthetica Short Film Festival - UK 2022
Bogoshorts - BOGOTÁ SHORT FILM FESTIVAL - Colombia 2022
Festival du Court-Métrage de Clermont-Ferrand - France 2023
Poitiers Film Festival - France 2023
Go Short Nijmengen - Netherlands 2023
BFI Flare: London LGBTIQ+ Film Festival - UK 2023
Filmfest München - Germany 2022
Fame Week Africa Shorts Film Festival - South Africa 2023
INTERFILM Berlin International Short Film Festival - Germany 2023
Bamberger Kurzfilmtage - Germany 2023
Kaze Film Festival - Rwanda 2023
Sehsüchte Internationales Studierendenfestival - Germany 2023
Queer Film Festival München Studentenscreening HFF Queers - Germany 2023
Afrika Film Festival Köln - Germany 2023
Parkflimmern - Germany 2023
FILMZ Mainz - Germany 2023

& more