05/08/2025
MEMORIES OF TODAY
📅 Thursday, 7 August 2025
🕗 20:00 – 21:45
📍 Ebertplatzpassage / Gemeinde Köln, 50668 Cologne
🎟 Free entry – donations welcome | Popcorn + Bar
Hester Yang – Undesirables (England, 2022, 17:30 min)
An ongoing mixed-media project uncovering the secret forced repatriation of Chinese seamen from Liverpool in the late 1940s. Deemed “undesirable” by British authorities after WWII, these men vanished without explanation—leaving behind families trapped in silence and loss.
Sonam Tseten – Pema (Tibet/Dharamsala, 2019, 19:23 min)
A poignant exile story about Pema, separated from her parents as a child and raised far from home. When her long-lost father unexpectedly appears in McLeod Ganj, her inner void surfaces. Through carefully composed images—windows, walls, glass—the film subtly captures the boundaries between exile, identity, and reconciliation.
Alisa Berger – K-SARAM: Tale of the Pig Head (Germany/Russia/South Korea, 2021, 27:59 min)
Exploring the Koryo-Saram community in Rostov-on-Don, Russia—descendants of Koreans forced to flee during Japanese annexation and later victims of Stalin’s purges. Centred around the ancestral ritual “Jesa,” the film reflects on stereotypes, diaspora identity, and the longing for Korean reunification, weaving personal stories into the broader history of marginalised communities in the post-Soviet space.
