German films and coproductions at the 21st European Film Festival in Malaysia.
TOO FAR AWAY
Director: Sarah Winkenstette | Germany 2020 | 92 minutes
Ben and his family have to move to the nearby city, because an open brown coal pit will swallow their village soon. Ben meets Tariq, a Syrian refugee. The two start out as competitors - at school and at the football club - but soon find out that they have more in common than they thought they would.
Awards:
Teen Screen Award Molodist Kyiv 2019
Kids Jury Award Zurich 2019
FAR. THE STORY OF A JOURNEY AROUND THE WORLD
Directors: Patrick Allgaier and Gwendolin Weisser | Germany 2017 | 127 min
A hitchhike of 50,000 km – crossing the ocean by ship, and having a baby in Mexico. FAR. THE STORY OF A JOURNEY AROUND THE WORLD is a colourful, authentic film that follows the extraordinary journey of a young couple who set off into the east, to return from the west three and a half years later with a new, third member to their family. On a small budget and without taking any planes, they explore the world with natural curiosity and buoyant spontaneity.
THE OTHER SIDE OF HOPE (TOIVON TUOLLA PUOLEN)
Director: Aki Kaurismäki | Finland, Germany 2017 | 100 min
Khaled, syrian refugee stows away on a freighter to Helsinki. Meanwhile, Wikström is a traveling salesman who wins big at a poker table and buys himself a restaurant with the proceeds. When the authorities turn down his application for asylum, Khaled is forced underground and Wikström finds him sleeping in the yard behind his restaurant. He offers him a job and a roof over his head and, for a while, they form a Utopian union with the restaurant's waitress, the chef and his dog.
MY EXTRAORDINARY SUMMER WITH TESS
Dir.: Steven Wouterlood | Netherlands, Germany 2019 | 88 minutes
On a family vacation at the beach, Sam meets Tess, who carries her own secrets around with her and shows him how the present moment can win out over memories and anxiety about what’s yet to come.
The European Film Festival will show a total of 20 feature films and 8 short films online. All film information and registration procedures can be found on the festival website.
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