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Memory Mirrors

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"Memory Mirrors is a short film about Hatim, a middle eastern refugee, trying to build himself a future in Germany"

2021

0h 19m

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Memory Mirrors is a short film about Hatim, a middle eastern refugee, trying to build himself a future in Germany. Tormented by his past, through flashbacks seen at each look in the mirror, he tries to confide in his flatmate, an old Germany lady.

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Heike Reichenwallner

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Ahmad Al Khalil

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