Private Project

Telling It The Way I Want

What is the concern of those waiting for approval of their asylum applications? How are they related to the place they are living at currently? What do they wish for?

In a two-part workshop for video and music filmmakers Anna Faroqhi & Haim Peretz as well as composer duo sonONOlux (Laura Mello and Eunice Martins) met residents of the shared accommodation for refugees Bad Saarow.
The stories of four inhabitants are being investigated in pictures and sounds.

The trained nurse Waed tells of the horrors of the siege in Syria. She expresses her longing for the everyday and a commonality by photographing. The Afghan craftsman Reza shows skill in repairing his bicycle and tells in a language that is still foreign to him. Maral from Iran fled the violence in a forced marriage; she writes and plays music in order to liberate herself at last. Wanissou from Benin is a passionate football player. He came to Germany as a teenager and talks about his first steps into an independent life.

Portraits of: Waed Mahfoud, Reza Rezaie, Maral Erfanian, Wanissou Bounou

  • Anna Faroqhi
    Director
  • Haim Peretz
    Director
  • Faroqhi Peretz Film Production
    Producer
  • Waed
    Key Cast
  • Reza
    Key Cast
  • Meral
    Key Cast
  • Wanissou
    Key Cast
  • Project Title (Original Language):
    Erzählen wie ich es möchte
  • Project Type:
    Documentary, Short
  • Runtime:
    15 minutes 12 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    September 14, 2018
  • Production Budget:
    5 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    Germany
  • Country of Filming:
    Germany
  • Language:
    German
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Digital Cinema Package:
    Unavailable
  • Festival Without Borders
    Bad Saarow
    Germany
    September 14, 2018
Director Biography - Anna Faroqhi, Haim Peretz

In their films, illustrations and educational / curatorial work the Berlin-based artist duo Faroqhi & Peretz choose various themes such as biography, architecture and history. Their work examines social issues and critically deals with the way images are being produced and received as well as how stories are being told.
Anna Faroqhi is a filmmaker and illustrator. Haim Peretz is a technician and filmmaker. Their body of work contains films, texts and illustrations as well as educational works and has been presented internationally in museums and art events.
Faroqhi & Peretz teach video for opera directors and singers at Hochschule für Musik „Hanns Eisler“ Berlin. They also are engaged in the education of film and illustration to children and adults at various public schools, museums and institutions. Here, they are part of the Arsenal Film Studios, the film transfer at Arsenal Cinema, Institute for Film and Video, Berlin.
Faroqhi & Peretz’ work has been shown Museum Hamburger Bahnhof Berlin, Saalbau Neukölln Berlin, Akademie der Künste Berlin, Martin-Gropius-Bau Berlin, Manifesta Italy, New York Film Archives, Goethe Institute Tel Aviv etc.
The duo is currently working on a series of artist activities circling around the situation of refugees in Germany as well as on a documentay on a German-Israeli educational architecture exchange project dealing with the ideas of the Bauhaus.
Works (selection):
TILTED BAUHAUS (2016) – documentary on an intercultural educational building project
TEMPORARY HOME (2016) – short documentary portrait of work in a refugee home in Berlin
CANCER KUNG FU (2016) – graphic novel by Anna Faroqhi
BAUHAUS WINDOWS (2015) - documentary short
THE LIGHT (2015) - silent comedy drama with music, 12min. with students of a Communal School and Arsenal Film Studios
THE BOOK ON THE BOHEMIAN VILLAGE (Parthas 2013) – city guide for and with children
SILENT VOICES (2012): 15 video portraits with and of migrant women in Berlin
VARIATIONS ON THE EVERYDAY (2008 – 11), Anna Faroqhi; films and illustrations
HOUSE AND DESERT (2005), Anna Faroqhi, film essay

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