Ahmed Awadalla
Germany | 2024 | 10 min
Language: English, German, Arabic
Subtitles: Chinese, English
★2025 FIRST STEPS | Documentary Film Award★
When an activist escapes Egypt after the 2011 revolution, he is forced to start a new life in Berlin, where he hopes to find safety and freedom. Instead, he has to live in a refugee camp in an area where far-right groups stage regular anti-refugee protests. Torn between the hostility in the new home and the nostalgia for his past life, he questions his life choices and what it means to tread a queer path. Delving into memory archives, he develops a new understanding of exile. He forges new friendships with his surroundings and generates a new meaning for homemaking in Berlin.
