Docs for Sale
The Hearing
Lisa Gerig
Switzerland
2023
81 min
About Docs for Sale
IDFA Docs for Sale is the top co-financing and co‑production market for creative documentaries. Docs for Sale users can log in for more project information.
About Docs for Sale
IDFA Docs for Sale is the top co-financing and co‑production market for creative documentaries. Docs for Sale users can log in for more project information.
Genre
Social Issues, Human Interest, Politics
Sales Agent
Diana Karklin for Rise and Shine World Sales
Explore the collection
NaN/NaN results
Synopsis
What happens when your future depends on telling your own life story? Four rejected asylum seekers relive the hearing on their reasons for fleeing their homelands. Those who succeed in recounting the personal danger in their home country “credibly and without contradiction” have a better chance of receiving asylum. Will the interviewees be able to describe their memories of traumatic experiences in such a way that they meet the official criteria this time? A simple swapping of roles reverses the balance of power for once, with SEM interviewers answering the questions of the asylum seekers. In this way, The Hearing questions the asylum procedure itself.
Explore the collection
NaN/NaN results
Credits
Director
Lisa Gerig
Lisa Gerig
Production
Maurizius Staerkle Drux for Ensemble Film,
Eva Vitija for Ensemble Film
Maurizius Staerkle Drux for Ensemble Film,
Eva Vitija for Ensemble Film
Involved TV Channel
SRF
SRF
Sales Agent
Diana Karklin for Rise and Shine World Sales
Diana Karklin for Rise and Shine World Sales
Contact
Sales Agent
Diana Karklin for Rise and Shine World Sales
Festival Handling
Anja Dziersk for Rise and Shine World Sales
More Information
Premiere status during IDFA
Dutch Premiere
Spoken languages
German, English, French, Tamil, Dari