OB WIR DAS SCHAFFEN?

A Somali wedding opens the film: celebration, music, traditional dress. But the bride waits elsewhere while men negotiate her future in the mosque. Eight years of filming within the northern German city of Bremen’s Somali community reveals what Merkel’s 2015 promise “We can do this” means when the cameras stop rolling. Directors Christine Jezior and Felicia Kret, both of whom grew up in two different cultures, document not arrival but what comes after: staying, building, becoming. Her protagonists pray by riverbanks, capture themselves on smartphones, argue over punctuality. The wedding brackets the film, and through moments of joy and doubt, the question shifts: can we – Germans, Somalis, couples, communities – create something new together? No interviews, no explanations. Just time, trust, and the fragile work of making a life.

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Christine Jezior photos © Bartosz Bialobrzeski