Feuerkind / Child of Fire

2015, 25 minutes

Refugee boy finds love in new home country

Sharif, a little Ugandan boy survives the rebel attack on his village. His whole family has been wiped out. Years later Sharif lives as a refugee in Germany. A night at the club - as Sharifs and Jackys eyes meet the time seems to stand still. The encounter of two teenagers who could´t be more different. Sharif, the refugee from Africa, and Jacky, the girl from the suburbs of Hamburg. But it is a short-lived serenity. The demons from Sharif’s past catch up to him. Shocked by his outburst, Jacky pulls away. But that's not the end of their story, but its true beginning.

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