Die neuen Kinder von Golzow

The village of Golzow is facing a shortage of young people, just like all of the rural regions in the former East Germany. However, the local mayor has a plan: he wants to provide new occupants for school desks through Syrian families. Golzow, a village on the Polish border, could be said to lie more or less at the end of the world. However, this village is known throughout Germany thanks to the series of film documentaries entitled The Children of Golzow, which was filmed over the course of fifty years starting in 1961. Today, all that remains in the famous Golzow is a museum and memories of “better times”. However, the mayor sees hope for bringing the village back to life through the Syrians who fled the war to Germany. He helps two Syrian families relocate to Golzow, including Halima, Fadi, and their children. All of them try to integrate in village life as best as they can. At the same time, they are under the constant supervision of the entire community, and, at every opportunity, are told in what and how they must adapt to local customs. The camera tracks them for more than a year, and the portrait of one family becomes the story of one integration. (One World)