Cloud Making Machine

A documentary film about escape & asylum directed by Susanne Dzeik.

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With ›Cloud Making Machine‹ Susanne Dzeik has created an impressive and sensitive film. Even when tears flow in front of the camera, when emotions and fears become visible, one does not feel like a voyeur. Instead, you get to know the protagonists, learn about their lives and how difficult it is to leave your own country and arrive in the new country. The film takes along, touches emotionally, makes people angry, gives them hope, because it describes three young people who had to experience the unimaginable and do not break up as a result. Jörg Meyer (Neues Deutschland)
I was on my way in a country which I didn’t know much about. All I know is that it is full of flowers, with beautiful people smiling at me. Firas
All they need is my fingerprints. That’s all they need. They don’t care where I come from. They don’t care who I am. Jallow
In the documentary ›Cloud Making Machine‹ by filmmaker Susanne Dzeik (...) young refugees from Berlin find the warmth of a family in a theatre group and reveal their experiences and feelings to relatives and friends in their war-torn home countries in moving video letters. Koch, B.T. (2017): Junge Flüchtlinge auf Heimatsuche. Psychosoziales und pädagogisches Handeln in einem sensiblen Kontext. Heidelberg: Carl-Auer.
Everything was strange. The people are strange, the streets, the houses, even the colors and also the food and the bread. Batoul
I fled because of some crazy people like ISIS. And I traveled to this great dream and deceit Europe. Firas
In her documentary ›Cloud Making Machine‹ (2017), Berlin filmmaker Susanne Dzeik dares to take the tightrope walk that this genre always brings with it: to show the pain of people without portraying them as victims; to give them a voice without dictating it. Hannah El-Hitami (taz)
I don’t want to feel that I come from war and torture all the time. No! I came and I want to start a new life. Batoul
Who’s helping you get here? Mafia and thieves. Why? I’ll tell you why. Firas
We are the people coming out of the disgusting war your politicians are waging there. Lian
We did little things, but they were all beautiful and full of love. Batoul

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"(...) In her documentary 'Cloud Making Machine' (2017), Berlin filmmaker Susanne Dzeik dares to take the tightrope walk that this genre always brings with it: to show the pain of people without portraying them as victims; to give them a voice without dictating it. 'I wanted to leave room for individuals.' (...)" Click here for the review (German).
"(...) The film takes along, touches emotionally, makes people angry, gives them hope, because it describes three young people who had to experience unimaginable things without breaking up. (...)" Click here for the review (German).
Filmmaker Susanne Dzeik gives an interview to taz reporter Anne Dittmann. Click here for the interview (German).
Susanne Dzeik was a guest at FluxFM and reported about the documentary CLOUD MAKING MACHINE. To the show click here (German).
Susanne Dzeik and Zain were guests on ALEX TV in the programme "Raum für Notizen". To the show click here (German).
An article about CLOUD MAKING MACHINE in the Berlin culture portal kubinaut.de. Read the article here (German).
Large article in the daily newspaper "Neues Deutschland" about CLOUD MAKING MACHINE. Read the article here (German).
Our crowdfunding campaign comes to a successful end. Thanks to all supporters! Click here for the campaign (German).