Films by Daniela Dar-Creutz

Germany 2011, 87 min
by Daniela Dar-Creutz

ARRANGED HAPPINESS is a non-political story of love and hardship set in the politically-charged region of India’s Kashmir Valley where Muslims and Hindus lived in peace throughout great swaths of history prior to last century’s partition separating India from Pakistan. The film’s loving portrayal of one Muslim Kashmiri family’s search for a groom for their daughter provides an intimate and compelling counterweight to a widely held perception of Islam in the West. In an era where the rival nation

Germany, Great Britain 2011, 82 min
by Daniela Dar-Creutz

BAD WEATHER tells the story of Banishanta Island. It is made up of a community of sex workers. Living on a tiny sliver of land 100 meters long and only ten meters wide in the Bay of Bengal, south Bangladesh, this community survives at the frontline of climate change. The rising river, soil erosion and frequent cyclones are slowly destroying what is left of the island. Razia, Khadija and Shefali, three of the last 65 women left living there, are in a battle for their homes, the future of their fa