Memories of the foreign

Storyline

How do we remember migration? How do we talk about the experiences, hopes and resistance of migrant workers? In the form of a cinematic memorial to his grandmother Fatma Selek, who migrated from Turkey to Austria in 1973, Tolga Karaaslan tells the personal story of his family's migration. Memories of the Foreign explores the memories of life in a foreign country and at the same time how people were turned into strangers and so-called others. The grandmother's Turkish voiceover accompanies the locations of her memories in Wels, which are shown in grainy black and white shots: Residential houses, a park bench, cars, a soccer field, a school, the gateway of a factory building, the facade of a company and a possible entrance to the grandparents' workplace.

About the film/director

Tolga Karaaslan (*1994 in Wels) is an Austrian filmmaker and media artist with roots in Turkey. He is studying media art at the University of Arts Linz. Through films, videos and installations he addresses topics such as the search for the identity or growing up and living between multiple cultures. His art pursues a visual language and atmospheric narrative in its camera work, lighting mood and montage style, giving the characters time to unfold in their world.

FILMOGRAPHY:

• Memories Of The Foreign (4 min, 2023)
• Strömungen (12 min, 2022)

Credits

Director:

Tolga Karaaslan

Script:

Tolga Karaaslan

Editor:

Tolga Karaaslan

Cast:

Fatma Selek

Sound:

Sevil Kuş

Producer:

Tolga Karaaslan

Contact:

Isabelle Piechaczyk

E-Mail:

isabelle@sixpackfilm.com

• Austria

• Turkish / subtitles German
• 2023
• 4 min