Emi fled in 2001 at the age of 14 through partly dark paths from the Kurdish northern Iraq to Bavaria, where he was initially cared for in a home in Paris. The film was made 12 years later. During this time, Bavaria became his home. In the film “Back to the Beginning” by director Frank […]
Iraq was a devastated country in the early 1990s. When we think of Iraq, war and Saddam Hussein come to mind first. One region, Kurdistan, was subjected to particularly heavy pressure by the regime at the time. “Bekas” tells the story of two homeless boys who make a living as shoeshiners. When they catch a […]
Born in the Kurdish region of Iraq, Alan, Jan, and Liya grow up in Stuttgart. When their single mother dies, they learn of her last wish to be buried in her home village. Together, they embark on a nerve-wracking odyssey to Iraqi Kurdistan, where they are confronted not only with their past and other relatives […]
