“Grrr, I’m a tiger!” Vanja and his big sister turn the flat into a jungle. Then Thea gets a visitor. Three can also play hide-and-seek, suggests Vanja. He runs into the courtyard, where there are dark corners, creepy shadows and strange noises. To overcome his fear, he turns himself into the dangerous tiger again – and discovers that even the big ones are scared sometimes.
The gym locker room is an unavoidable chapter in the life of teenagers and the epitome of awkward moments. Happy the person who has a relaxed relationship with their body. Teresia Fant’s documentary gives the floor to those who are forced to enter this place every week and ask themselves: Shower today, or can I do without?
Ever since American soldiers killed Asadagha’s parents, he had to take care of his brothers and sisters alone. Now they are kicked out of their uncle’s house and Asadagha wants only one thing: to become a fighter.
Faridullah and his sister have to rise at dawn to work hard at a brick factory. But one day they use the bricks to build their dream house, leave their jobs and imagine what it would be like to be a child like any other …
Girls are married at eleven. Girls who make music are killed by the Taliban militia. This is why Layla was forced to leave her village to live in a children’s home in the capital.
She wants to become a teacher, but for now Machgan must support her family by selling chewing gum in the streets. If only her father wasn’t a junkie and had a job!
