Films by Yasmin Khalifa

Germany 2013, 20 min
by Yasmin Khalifa

Who believes in a good working multi-cultural society? Volksbühne Basel does. Housewives, stage actors, asylum seekers, students and musicians from 12 different countries have made it their mission to amalgamate Shakespeare’s language and humour with their cross-cultural observations of everyday life. Completely forthright interviews are combined with absurd rehearsal situations and the theatrical production. The protagonists win hearts and laurels with absolute authenticity and witty playfulnes

Germany 2010, 66 min
by Yasmin Khalifa, Farhad Payar

The village of Montaretto nestles in a pine forest on the cliffs of the Italian Riviera. At first sight, it seems to be a village like any other. But appearances are deceptive, because Montaretto enjoys a proud reputation as the last bastion of communism. For northern Italy´s leftist scene, this little village has gained a near-mythological status. Montaretto brings in mind the "little Gallic village" from that famous comic strip, where people ignore the political edicts of the Roman goverment a