Nostalgia / 2017

After 21 years I return to my city of birth in order to find out what would have occured to my family if we hadn't fled the war.

Heimweh / 2011

A portrait of two teenagers, growing up in a council estate, whose lack of prospects brings them closer to each other.

Heimweh / 1927

Heimweh / 1937

Homesick / 2022

In the essayistic short film Heimweh (Homesick), a woman's voice tells of the state of her body after being sexually assaulted by a man.

Heimweh nach drüben / 2007

This TV movie focuses on an average East German citizen, who accidentally becomes a Cold War victim. Shortly before his wedding day, East German Stephan Busemann goes to West Germany to attend his brother Hubert's fiftieth birthday. At the same time, his son Martin and his daughter-in-law Bettina flee their communist home country in a balloon, what Stephan didn't know. As the East Germans believe he helped them to escape, he isn't allowed to return, so Martin writes a letter to the country's leader Erich Honecker. However, now the West Germans think that Stephan is a spy.

Heimweh nach St. Pauli / 1963

Heimweh nach Deutschland / 1954

Das Heimweh des Walerjan Wróbel / 1992

Der Bergpfarrer 2 - Heimweh nach Hohenau / 2005

Heimweh... dort, wo die Blumen blüh'n / 1957

Don't Call It Heimweh / 2004

Heimweh nach St. Pauli / 1967

Heimweh nach dir, mein grünes Tal / 1960

Suddenly Homesick / 2019

The successful filmmaker Yu Hao is always on the move and travels the world from Beijing, until she falls in love with idyllic Appenzell – and moves to Switzerland for love. Through the lens of her camera the Chinese discovers the unknown Appenzellerland and meets people, who live in harmony with nature, cultivate traditions and are rooted in their homeland. These encounters confront Yu Hao with strong doubts, for she has never felt at home in just one place. Can this change in Switzerland?

Der Bulle und das Landei - Tödliches Heimweh / 2010

Lost Heimweh / 2017

Homesick for Rügen or Yesterday, I Was a Cook / 1977

Sometimes Hannelore wishes she were a Hans, because “when a woman has to deal with a lot of men, she has to summon up a lot of strength to be heard”. The mayor of the island of Ummanz off Rügen used to be a cook. Now she represents the government and demonstrates “socialist democracy in action”. Director Róza Berger-Fiedler weaves Madam Mayor’s encounters with her constituency and discussions about the office with all its responsibilities into a sensitive portrait of a dedicated person.

Homesick Scientists / 2011

Four field researchers want to go home. Unfortunately, one of them apparently lost his mind. Since the return is not possible, as long as they remain in this state, ignited a controversy about what to do with him. Where do they come back and what was the object of their research, now becomes a much more important question.

Heimweh nach Dir / 1952