Our Name Is Foreigner

| Reflections of Things Unseen
(BALi, KulturBahnhof Kassel)

Bit by bit, a family living room is brought out of private life and into the public sphere: carpets and furniture, people take their seats, hot çay is served. Selin and her siblings Hêlîn, Firat, and Serhat grew up in a small Swiss village. They share memories, talk about experiences of alienation and exclusion, about anger and stubbornness, about standing together and insisting on their own story. An act of cinematic visualization of self-assertion.

  • Duration: 21 Min.
  • Countries: Switzerland
  • Languages: Swiss German, Kurdish, Turkish
  • Subtitles: German
  • Production year: 2024

  • Director: Selin Besili
  • Camera: Sara Čolić, Lucas Frey
  • Editing: Selin Dettwiler
  • Sound: Arlind Sermaxhaj
  • Production: Volko Kamensky
  • Nominated: A38-Production Grant Kassel-Halle