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  • Little Universe (2025)
  • Short | 30 min | Documentary, Short, Biography
Little Universe (2025)
Short | 30 min | Documentary, Short, Biography
In Afghanistan Amena Karimyan founded the astronomical group Kayhana - which is Persian for "little universe." Using a self-built model of the planets, she encourages young girls to reach for the stars. After the radical Islamic Taliban ...See moreIn Afghanistan Amena Karimyan founded the astronomical group Kayhana - which is Persian for "little universe." Using a self-built model of the planets, she encourages young girls to reach for the stars. After the radical Islamic Taliban seized power, she was forced to flee the country and is now struggling to build a new life in Germany. Since girlhood, this young Afghan has dreamt of flying to the moon - a dream that suddenly seems within her grasp yet remains impossible to achieve. Stuck between the burden of her past, German bureaucracy and her own ambitions, Amena embarks upon a mission to find her place on earth. In atmospheric images of this and other worlds, Little Universe portrays an ambitious Afghan woman who questions our perceptions of refugee women. Written by Thessaloniki Documentary Festival See less
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Director
Nele Dehnenkamp
Composer
Jana Irmert
Cinematographer
Jonas Römmig
Editors
Nele Dehnenkamp | Torsten Striegnitz
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Updated Mar 11, 2025
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Mar 11, 2025 (Greece)

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