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HOMESICK [HEIMWEH]
Germany 2022 7 min Original version with English subtitles

by Maja Bresink

DoP: Laura Köhler, Production: Film Academy Baden-Wuerttemberg, Voice-over: Alexandra Pfeifer
When I was little, my mother told me that my body is my home. Now I’m homesick. A girl’s voice speaks about the state of her body following a sexual assault by a man.

Maja Bresink, born in 1998 in Frankfurt am Main, worked alongside her media studies at RheinMain University of Applied Sciences as a personal assistant to Christian Schwochow (whose works include BAD BANKS, DEUTSCHSTUNDE, JE SUIS KARL and MUNICH – THE EDGE OF WAR). Subsequently, she was employed as a junior producer and casting assistant, before beginning studies in Directing at Film Academy Baden-Württemberg in 2021.

Filmography: 2020 MOTSCHEKIEBCHEN, 2022 HOMESICK, 2023 ZWISCHEN UNS

Awards (selection): First Place among Young Professionals (Jung und Abgedreht, Hanau/Germany 2023)



Contact
Maja Bresink
Germany
majabresink@googlemail.com


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