Rogier Hardeman

A tense, community-rooted short film set in Liberia—Kamara moves to claim his late brother’s land, only to be met with resistance from his sister-in-law. A tight, emotionally charged drama exploring power, rights, and tradition.

Nula, the only child of an estranged father, tries to encourage her mother to divorce but her mother is afraid of the mockery and stigma that comes with divorce within their society. As her father’s abuse of her mother worsens, Nula begins to lose hope. Will her mother overcome her fear to save Nula and herself?

After surviving a tragic sea accident along the coast of Mauritania while on his “backway” journey to Italy, Bakary, despites losing his best friend and over fifty other young fellows, returns to The Gambia to confront the hardship of the Gambian economic realities he fled away from. Will he be able to achieve his goals or will he decide to embark on the journey again?

The Russian expat Mikail lives happily in a civil partnership with his husband in Berlin, when chief inspector Böhnenkamp accuses him of not being gay and leading a greencard marriage. A witness saw him kissing a woman! But as it turns out, things are not always what they seem.

After graduating, Anita Nounyo was unable to find a job as a hydraulic engineer. To her father’s disappointment, she returns to her home village unemployed. There, Anita helps the local handyman Komlan to repair the well. She learns how the village community buys compost from the neighbouring community in exchange for part of their harvest. But the yields have been poor in recent years and people suffer from poverty. Anita develops a plan how both villages can help each other to get more water, more compost and more prosperity for everyone. If the plan worked out, maybe she could win back her father’s respect too....

Dopévi, Yema, Magnim, Akouvi and Rafiétou are professional tailors. As hearing-impaired people, however, they hardly have a chance on the Togolese labour market. Fortunately, Jeanine Kinvi became aware of them. She decided to found the tailoring shop HAN DESIGN and hired the five women. It was not always easy, but it soon became clear that all the efforts had paid off. For the first time, the seamstresses feel appreciated and properly understood. The colleagues have long since become friends who are there for each other and now want to help other hearing-impaired people.