BACKGROUND

In the organizer's words:

FRG 2023, documentary film, 64 min

Director: Khaled Abdulwahed

Language: OmU (Arabic, German with English and German subtitles)

The cleaning of a camera lens initiates a search for clues that leads from the present to the 1950s. Syrian filmmaker Khaled Abdulwahed, who has lived in Germany since 2015, talks to his father Sadallah in Aleppo, who came to the GDR as an exchange student in 1956. The recorded, often interrupted phone calls accompany the editing of two old black-and-white photos that show the father as a young man in Germany. Abdulwahed combines these fragmented memories with current photographs from Leipzig - filling in gaps that are also shaped by his own experience of flight.

This will be followed by an artist talk with the director Khaled Abdulwahed.

ENG: The cleaning of a camera lens initiates a search for traces, leading from the present back to the 1950s. Syrian filmmaker Khaled Abdulwahed, who has lived in Germany since 2015, speaks with his father Sadallah in Syria, who came to East Germany in 1956 as an exchange student. The recorded, often interrupted phone calls accompany the restoration of two old black-and-white photographs showing the father as a young man in Germany. Abdulwahed combines these fragmented memories with present-day footage from Leipzig - filling gaps shaped also by his own experience of flight and exile. (Arabic and German with German and English subtitles)

The screening will be followed by an artist talk with director Khaled Abdulwahed.

The event is part of the exhibition Family Matters (19.06 - 14.09.2025) at the MdbK Leipzig .
The film is part of the public program of the exhibition Family Matters (19 June - 14 September 2025) at MdbK Leipzig.

Price information:

3.50 € - 7.00 € - 7.00 € (regular) - 5.50 € (reduced*) - 3.50 € (with Leipzig Pass, disabled pass, volunteer pass) - Films longer than 130 min: + 1.00 € - Tickets are available online (plus € 0.70 booking fee), remaining tickets at the Box Office.