Private Project

Lana's Story

Lana, her husband, Didar, and their son, Layad, fled from the Kurdish part of Iraq. During their journey their cellphone was stolen, with all their photographs. Pupils from the Konrad Agahd School give back the stolen pictures in a drawn film.

  • Faroqhi, Anna
    Director
  • Peretz, Haim
    Director
  • pupils at Konrad-Agahd-Grammar School Berlin
    Writer
  • Arsenal Institut für Film und Video e.V. Berlin
    Producer
  • narrator: Lana Hussien (english version)
    Key Cast
  • narrator German version: Dilan Gülmez
    Key Cast
  • Laura Mello
    Music
  • Eunice Martins
    Music
  • Project Title (Original Language):
    Lanas Geschichte
  • Project Type:
    Animation, Documentary, Experimental, Short, Other
  • Genres:
    Biography, Drama
  • Runtime:
    12 minutes 17 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    November 17, 2017
  • Production Budget:
    5,000 EUR
  • Country of Origin:
    Germany
  • Language:
    English, German
  • Shooting Format:
    digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • TRANSLATION - exhibition at Saalbau Gallery Berlin
    Berlin
    Germany
    December 17, 2017
  • Arsenal Cinema, Film Studio
    Berlin
    Germany
    November 19, 2017
  • Cefalu Film Festival
    Cefalu
    Italy
    May 1, 2018
  • Al Nahj Film Festival
    Kerbela
    Iraq
    April 1, 2018
  • Kurdish Film Festival Berlin
    Berlin
    Germany
  • The Berlin Film Days 2018
    Berlin
    Germany
    August 17, 2018
    official selection
  • Digital Anthropologies
    Paris
    France
    November 16, 2018
    French Premiere
    Official Selection
Distribution Information
  • Faroqhi Peretz Film Production
    Country: Germany
    Rights: All Rights
Director Biography - Faroqhi, Anna, Peretz, Haim

Anna Faroqhi & Haim Peretz live and work as an artist duo in Berlin. Anna Faroqhi is a filmmaker and draftswoman. She studied singing in Berlin, mathematics and physics in Frankfurt/Main, and film at the HFF Munich.
Haim Peretz is a filmmaker and framebuilder from Nahariya, Israel. He is self-taught, studied aerospace technology, and worked as an artistic framebuilder in Berlin, where he has lived since 1994.
Faroqhi & Peretz have been making films, conceiving exhibitions, and giving workshops on the media of documentary film and drawing since 2003. Central to their work, which is presented internationally, are the themes of migration and life-long learning. They jointly run the video studio of the Hans Eisler Academy of Music, where they teach video. They are part of the Arsenal Filmatelier, the education program of the Arsenal Institute of Film and Video.

Works (selection):

Krebs Kung Fu [Cancer Kung Fu] (Bebra-Verlag 2017), graphic novel by Anna Faroqhi

Zuhause auf Zeit [Temporary Home] (D 2016, 19'), documentary film about everyday life in a Berlin refugee hostel, with Mohammad Stas

Willkommensgesten [Welcoming Gestures] (2015–16), exhibition series on the subject of flight and forced migration, Friedrich Ebert Foundation, Berlin Literature Festival, Lichtenberg City Hall

Bauhaus Fenster [Bauhaus Windows] (D 2015, 8'), film essay about a museum pavilion with historic recycling materials

Verborgene Stimmen [Hidden Voices] (D 2012, 35'), video portraits of migrants

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