05 Dec 2003
Bodysong
Documentary footage from various sources, set to music. Showing the whole of human life, from birth to death and beyond.
Easy Lessons
Kafia, a young girl on the brink of adulthood, has to leave behind a lot of what defined her Somalian life as she tries to adapt to her new existence in Hungary. As the family’s cultural values and taboos start to fall apart, Kafia tries to explain and make sense of all these changes to her mother left behind.
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