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Nowhere Home

English title: Nowhere Home
Original title: Andre, De
German title: Nowhere Home
Norway, 2012

Director: Olin, Margreth
Production company: Speranza Film AS
Co-producers: Memfis Film
Age recommendation: 12 years and up

Synopsis:
In 2009, the Norwegian government introduced several measures to restrict immigration. One of the measures is to grant temporary residence permits to unaccompanied children seeking asylum. At the age of 18, they are to be returned to their country of origin. In Norway, the Child Welfare takes custody of children without close caregivers - but this does not apply to unaccompanied asylum-seeking children between the age of 15 and 18 years. In Nowhere Home we get to know Goli from Kurdistan. He was deported from Norway the day after he turned 18 and we follow him as he embarks on a new flight. The brothers Hasan and Husein are from Afghanistan. Husein was literally paralyzed with fear when the brothers were denied residency in Norway. We follow Khalid when he receives his final reply from the Immigration Appeal Board on his 18th birthday. Nowhere Home is a film about teenagers who fight to keep their hope for a dignified life alive. A close, touching and provoking encounter, it questions the management of the ethical basic principles of our time.

Comments:
Documentary

Festivals:
Bergen 2012 (awarded), IDFA Amsterdam 2012, Göteborg 2013, Thessaloniki 2013, Kristiansand 2013

Website: www.speranza.no/films/de%5Fandre

World sales address/es:
Speranza (NO)

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Norsk (N)