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  • Motherland. (2025)
  • Short | 33 min | Documentary, Short, Biography
Motherland. (2025)
Short | 33 min | Documentary, Short, Biography
In this 33-minute documentary, the director travels to Transylvania, Romania with her mother, who grew up under Ceausescu's dictatorship and migrated to Germany in 1989. The film explores the protagonist's life as a Transylvanian-Saxon, ...See moreIn this 33-minute documentary, the director travels to Transylvania, Romania with her mother, who grew up under Ceausescu's dictatorship and migrated to Germany in 1989. The film explores the protagonist's life as a Transylvanian-Saxon, part of a German minority in Romania. Together, the mother-daughter-duo visit significant places, such as the protagonist's childhood home or the site of the Romanian revolution in Brasov. The documentary examines the concept belonging and the meaning of home. See less
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Director
Bianca Zylla
Producer
Bianca Zylla (producer)
Cinematographers
Leon Forthmann (director of photography) | Berthold Frantz (drone cinematography) | Ansgar Wendt (second cinematographer)
Editors
Beshr Alnashawati (animation) | Bianca Zylla (edited by)
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Release date
May 3, 2025 (Germany)

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