Starting in October 2025, we will launch the “Migration Matters” event series in Berlin cinemas with three themed evenings: an invitation to see, empathize with, and better understand migration from different perspectives through film!
LEAVING – STAYING – RETURNING: The migration stories told in the selected feature films and documentaries, combined with discussions on the respective topics with experts from academia and practice, provide a framework for exchange on important socio-political issues.
Documentary, 62min, NL 2023, OV English with German subtitles
Who has to leave? Who is allowed to come? The award-winning documentary The Mind Game tells a migration story from a very personal perspective: Sajid Khan Nasiri, a young man who, like so many others, had to set off from Afghanistan to Europe in 2015 and documented his journey.
With a discussion initiated by migration experts
Thursday, October 30
6:00 pm
at Delphi Lux Cinema, Berlin (Charlottenburg)
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Feature Film, 93min, FR 2024, OV French with German subtitles
What gives a person the right to stay in Europe? Which story counts in a procedure that decides on asylum or deportation? The story of Guinean Souleymane, an undocumented migrant who works as a bicycle courier in Paris, was awarded the Actor Prize at the Cannes Film Festival.
With a discussion initiated by migration experts
Thursday, December 4
6:00 p.m.
at Rollberg Kino, Berlin (Neukölln)
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Documentary, 23min, DE 2024, OV German with English subtitles
What happens when you return and no one is left where you once called home? Asmir, a Bosnian who fled the war in Yugoslavia as a teenager and built a new life as an entrepreneur in Berlin, returns to his place of origin for the first time in 27 years.
Film talk with protagonist and director and discussion impulses from migration experts
Tuesday, January 27
6:00 pm
at Yorck Kino, Berlin (Kreuzberg)
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