Over the course of her little brother's swimming lesson, Yezidi wrestles quietly with her fearsome memories of the Mediterranean Sea.

This film is in the Documentary Short Competition.

MEET THE FILMMAKER: NELE DEHNENKAMP 

Nele Dehnenkamp is a documentary filmmaker based in Berlin. She is studying directing at the Film Acade-my Baden Wuerttemberg and holds an Master of Arts in social sciences from Humboldt University Berlin. Inspired by her background in sociology, her work focuses on character-driven observations that reveal pat-terns of social inequality. Her short films have been screened at various festivals, including IDFA, Dok Leip-zig and Filmfest Dresden. She is currently directing her first feature-length documentary, which was shot over a period of six years. The film tells the story of an African-American mother who fights tirelessly for her family while her husband is held in a maximum security prison.