Jule Mariebelle Heid

Irmgard and Hermann’s quiet life in their small Saxon garden is brightened by a lantana plant—until the arrival of restless teenagers next door sparks tension. Soon, prejudices, delusions, and misunderstandings threaten to tear the garden community apart.

After her husband’s death, Betsy deals with her grief through revisiting her own past. As the world around her struggles to understand her sudden and bold transformation, Betsy's story unfolds as a tender portrait of grief on one's own terms.

Nuria talks about home, belonging, and at the same time about not feeling at home at all. All of this goes through her mind as she stands between the shelves at Bereket, an Arabic supermarket in Leipzig. Her father is from Egypt, her mother from Germany, where she grew up. She has little contact with her father and even less with his culture.