COUNTRY: Germany YEAR: 2022 RUN TIME: 7 min
DIRECTED BY: Hamze Bytyci
LANGUAGE(S): German
SUBTITLES: English
SCRIPT: Hanna Veiler
CREATIVE PRODUCER: Lisa Smith
ANIMATION: Asja Trost
ILLUSTRATION: Ildiko Nova
SCORE: Dragan Cordes, Emílie Machálková
SCREENINGS
SYNOPSIS
Emílie Machálková inherited her grandfather’s singing voice, a gift through which she can honor the lives of her ancestors from former Czechoslovakia. This animated short film showcases the power of music as a means of remembrance of the murdered Roma and Sinti.
Hamze Bytyci
Hamze Bytyçi is a curator, media and theatre educator, director and performer, as well as the chairman of RomaTrial e.V.. In 2017, he founded the International Roma Film Festival AKE DIKHEA?, which has since taken place annually in Berlin under his direction. His short documentary JOŽKA was screened at NIHRFF in 2017. in 2021 Hamze Bytyci was a member of our International Festival Jury.
Jožka (2017), Memory Boxes (2019), …die bringen nur die Verbrecher weg (2019), Branko (2022), Menschen können zweimal sterben (2022), Familie Ujvari (2022), Noncia (2022), Haus ohne Räder (2022), Listen (2022), I Sang Again (2022)
PRODUCTION: Roma Trial e.V. (post@romatrial.org)
WORLD SALES: Roma Trial e.V. (post@romatrial.org)
GERMAN DISTRIBUTOR: Roma Trial e.V. (post@romatrial.org)