New Baltic Cinema

My New European Life

22 min. | Drama | Pegi 13

When Abou from Mali finally made it to Europe, it felt like a new life had started for him. A life, that offered a future. The film he made about his journey from Africa to Europe gets shown all over the world and throughout Germany, where Abou lives as an asylum seeker. His life oscillates between that of an artist with a voice, who is invited to screenings and events, and the isolation and boredom in a remote refugee centre. A filmic reflection about Europe’s invisible borders and filmmaking as an act of self-empowerment.

Abou Bakar Sidibé

Abou Bakar Sidibé

Moritz Siebert lives in Berlin, where - besides working on his film projects - he continues to work in a hospital’s emergency ward as a physician. Abou Bakar Sidibé from Mali was born in 1985. He currently lives in Berlin, Germany where he continues to make films and studies to become a preschool teacher.
Moritz Siebert

Moritz Siebert

Moritz Siebert lives in Berlin, where - besides working on his film projects - he continues to work in a hospital’s emergency ward as a physician. Abou Bakar Sidibé from Mali was born in 1985. He currently lives in Berlin, Germany where he continues to make films and studies to become a preschool teacher.
Languages
German
Subtitles
English
Original title
My New European Life
Produced
2019: Germany

Film information

Director
Abou Bakar Sidibé, Moritz Siebert
Producers
Moritz Siebert
Screenplay
Abou Bakar Sidibé, Moritz Siebert
Cinematography
Abou Bakar Sidibé
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