Once again this year, the festival featured a vibrant film program with films from all over the world. The selections were chosen and curated by young adults with refugee backgrounds. This gave the audience insight not only into the film culture of each country, but also behind the scenes. The films are like life itself: sometimes funny, sometimes moving — and always thought-provoking. This year, the festival took place entirely online: The opening ceremony, all films with introductions, Q&As, the children’s program, and the exhibition were all available to stream online.
14 days of festival: films, talks, and Q&As. A sensitive journey around the world. Locals gave us profound insights into the cultures of their homelands.
The film deals with important social issues through the eyes of Iman, a young Afghan man who has fled to Germany. When he receives bad news from his mother in Afghanistan, he tries everything he can to help her from Germany. However, it is impossible for him to earn money legally in his new home […]
The sitcom “CULTURE SHOCK,” produced by UNSER.Film, depicts the various everyday situations of a group of friends, each coming from a different part of the world. This often leads to misunderstandings.
The young couple Rasha and Ma’moon want to get married, but the war of 2015 stands in their way. After all the suffering, they want the wedding to take place in 2018. However, they face numerous obstacles caused by the aftermath of the war. A race against time begins to overcome these hurdles in time […]
For his documentary “Ghost Hunting,” Read Andoni seeks former prisoners of Al-Moskobiya, Israel’s main interrogation center, so that they can reenact their experiences of torture and imprisonment through a role-playing game.
Bidune Kai (Undocumented) is the first Arabic interactive digital miniseries that allows viewers to decide the course of the story. They have the opportunity to view the same events from different perspectives. Bidune Kai (Undocumented) is the first interactive digital mini-series (Digi Novella) in Arabic, giving viewers the freedom to engage in the storytelling trajectory […]
The documentary by ARTE is about Africans who do not embark on the daring and dangerous journey to Europe. Instead, they look for well-paid work within Africa.
Baye Laye is the captain of a small fishing boat. Many of his countrymen have already left Senegal to build a better life in Europe. His brother Abou also dreams of establishing a music career there and convinces Baye Laye to be the captain of the Pirogue, a simple fishing boat. Together with 30 other […]
The documentary tells the story of the young Afghan immigrant Ali Korosh, who has been living in Germany for 5 years. Although he faces many problems himself, he makes a film about the problems of Afghan refugees. “Imaginary Paradise” is Matin Ahmadie’s second film, made in collaboration with 3M Filmstudio, Navak Media, and KinoAsyl.
Boda Bodas are motorcycle taxis in Kampala that are also used to transport goods. When Abel’s father becomes incapacitated in a traffic accident, the 15-year-old has to take over the vehicle to secure his family’s livelihood. However, the new job is not without risks. Besides the taxi drivers, there are also those who snatch valuables […]
With this film, the director speaks for many refugees who are full of hope for a better life. To escape the bitter reality, they set out on a journey to Europe by crossing the sea. However, many of them have become victims of drowning.
The film is about two siblings living with their mother in a poor neighborhood of Cairo. The 22-year-old Saqr wants to leave the dirty tannery district in Egypt where he lives and works. His sister Taheya, six years older, wants to prevent this at all costs. She sabotages the budding romance between her brother and […]
The war film tells the story of a group of women who stand up against ISIS. Zara, a young Yazidi woman, manages to escape from slave traders. To fight back, she joins a group of female fighters in the Kurdish resistance.
A traditional Afghan story told as an animated film. The mother goat leaves her kids behind to get food. This, in turn, interests the wolf, who is also hungry. Watch children’s program
The young boy Sahadat has his electricity cut off after his father sees that he watches too much TV. Together with his friend Jalil, he sets out to find a new power source, through which we learn a lot about the everyday life of children in rural Afghanistan. “I want to show the film ‘Sahadat […]
A film about our festival. A kind of making-of for KINO ASYL. This film is much more than that. It is primarily about our curators, who came to Germany by inhumane and complicated routes. They brought with them little more than a piece of their culture and their own biography. Once in Germany, they present […]
