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Aus der Ferne
From a Distance

film type documentary film Production Country Germany production year 2024 runtime 17'01 colour Color
screening format DCP aspect ratio 1.78:1 (16:9) sound format 5.1 Audiomix original-language German, Vietnamese subtitles German, English

Anna, who was born in Germany, has a distant relationship with her father Hung and his country of birth, Vietnam. When she finds out through a documentary that he was affected by racist attacks in 1992, she is suddenly confronted with her father's culture and history.

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Aus der Ferne Aus der Ferne Aus der Ferne
director Hoang Quynh Nguyen, Benjamin Hujawa Production Benjamin Hujawa Script Benjamin Hujawa, Hoang Quynh Nguyen, Tuan Anh Tran Editing Benjamin Hujawa Original Score Axel Meier Sound Design Irma Heinig DOP Yannick Hasse
Festivals
2025 Stuttgarter Filmwinter - Festival for Expanded Media, Germany (Team-Work-Award)
2025 Independent Days Internationale Filmfestspiele Karlsruhe, Germany (Filmpreis des Presseclub Karlsruhe)
2025 FILMFEST DRESDEN - International Short Film Festival, Dresden, Germany
2025 Sehsuechte – Internationales Studierendenfilmfestival Sehsüchte, Potsdam-Babelsberg, Germany
2025 filmkunstfest Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Schwerin, Germany
2025 Flensburger Kurzfilmtage, Germany (Wagnis-Preis)
2025 Nordische Filmtage Lübeck, Germany
2025 Hammer Kurzfilmnächte, Germany
2025 PrevYou Kurzfilmfestival, Berlin, Germany
2025 dokumentART Neubrandenburg, Germany
2026 Filmfestival Max Ophüls Preis, Saarbrücken, Germany
2026 Achtung Berlin Filmfestival, Germany
Production
  • Benjamin Hujawa
Distribution
  • Benjamin Hujawa
Sales
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Hoang Quynh Nguyen

Hoang Quynh Nguyen was born in Hanoi and grew up in Rostock. She moved to Berlin in 2017, graduated in communication design, co-founded the Danish-German film festival 48H OF HYGGE and her own production company DEADSAID FILMS. She is studying directing at the Film University Babelsberg KONRAD WOLF.

Filmography
2020 Lakune
2021/2022 Florilegium
2024 Aus der Ferne
2024 planet v

Benjamin Hujawa

Benjamin Hujawa studied media science in Rostock and works as a freelance filmmaker and festival programmer. His short films have been screened at numerous festivals.

Filmography
2019 Widerstand
2022 Der Fahrstuhl
2024 Aus der Ferne
2025 Molly

Portrait of Benjamin Hujawa