A story about the hope, doubt and silence of a Syrian family in the Netherlands, who lost their youngest daughter in the Mediterranean Sea in 2014.
Official selection
Dutch competition
IDFA
2020
Official selection
Moscow International
Film Festival
2021
Official selection
DOK.fest München
Film Festival
2021
Official selection
Go East
Film Festival
2021
Official selection
Movies that Matter
Film Festival
2021
By mixing his Balkan roots with Western beats, Robert Soko, a Yugoslav refugee, discovered a way to create a new identity: DJ and ‘founding father’ of the Balkan Beats, with which he managed to get thousands of people worldwide in ecstasy. But now that the world around him is changing, Robert Soko has to search for a new way to adjust again. He is looking for new connections to the music of the new generation of refugees that are currently coming to Europe. Just like him twenty years ago, they are looking for a way to survive. The only question now is whether the heavily changed Europe of today still has an open mind for these kinds of musical impulses.
World Sales
Berlin’s Rise and Shine Grabs Worldwide Rights to IDFA Player ‘Here We Move Here We Groove’ (Variety.com)
A story about the hope, doubt and silence of a Syrian family in the Netherlands, who lost their youngest daughter in the Mediterranean Sea in 2014.
A personal film about the fear of the inner void, in which Marc Schmidt examines the unfathomable darkness of his father.