Only when Sam meets Kwesi he is confronted with his German-Ghanaian identity. But their burgeoning love is endangered by Kwesi’s questionable residence status. A special encounter between two adolescent boys and their confrontation with identity, origin and sexuality.
Specs: 23 min / Short Film / Coming of Age / 2022
Cast: Noah Tinwa, Ben Mood, Dayan Kodua, Charity Collin
Written by: Judith Rose Gyabaah, Johanna Bungarten
Directed by: Gabriel Bihina Arrahnio
Producer: Vincent Edusei, Frithjof Stückemann
Production: Film University Babelsberg KONRAD WOLF
World Sales: interfilm Berlin Short Film Sales & Distribution
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