FAMILIAR PLACES
Germany | 2024 | 94 min | col| English, German, Twi
Akosua, the queer Ghanaian-German protagonist, recounts the three years she spent between Germany and Ghana with her friend Mala Reinhardt, a film director. The primary focus of this film is this bond, which serves as a lens through which to observe desires, bodies, and transformations. While Akosua is trying to fulfil her dream of having children within a polyamorous relationship, Mala becomes pregnant during the production of this film, which changes direction according to the news, bending and opening up. The film is less a story than a conversation, which becomes like a body, a shared diary in which the roles of the watcher and the watched become intertwined. The film’s gaze is both political and emotional, taking care of the forms of cohabitation and the gestures of solidarity that exist on the margins. Reinhardt’s shots are filled with tenderness and rigour, making up a film that is a gesture of caring and a reflection on setting up house, family, and freedom. (T.P.)
Local Time
- Timezone: America/New_York
- Date: 04 Nov 2025
- Time: 14:30
Location
- Cinema Astra - Piazza Cesare Beccaria, 9 50121 Florence (FI)
Organizer
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Mala Reinhardt
Mala Reinhardt works as a director and producer of documentary films. She studied directing at the Film University Babelsberg Konrad Wolf in Potsdam and previously studied ethnology in Cologne, New Delhi and Kampala. In her film work, Mala focuses primarily on untold stories from a migrant and feminist perspective. In addition to her own film work, Mala is a lecturer at the intersection of documentary film and ethnology (Ruhr University Bochum, University of Cologne), supports young female filmmakers as a mentor at GirlsGoMovie and offers artistic workshops for schools (Schülerlabor, Folkwang University of the Arts).
