Nowhere
When fleeing from the oppression of the communist regime in Vietnam,
eight-year-old Ngoc managed to survive alone on a boat odyssey for three weeks. Thanks to an Austrian family who already had
four small children of their own, he managed to completely integrate into Austrian society and grew up to become a renowned
TCM doctor. Forty years later he decides to give medical aid to arriving boat refugees on the island of Lesbos. There he realises
that his own destiny is repeated in the fate of this new generation of refugees. Intent on finding peace, together with his
12-year-old son Kai he embarks on a difficult journey into his own past.
Director's Biography
Natalie Halla
Natalie Halla was born in Linz in 1975. She studied law and translation and learned the tools for documentary film making as an autodidact. Since 2010 she has been the producer, script writer and director of several award winning feature-length documentaries, mainly focussing on humanitarian and social issues.
Film Selection: Nowhere (2018, doc) - Life in Four Elements (2017, doc) – Wurzelkinder (Children of the Forest, 2015, doc) - Ein Spiel der Gene (The Heir Of Liszt, 2014, doc) - Separated (2012, doc, CE'13) - Gaelle (2011, doc)
Natalie Halla was born in Linz in 1975. She studied law and translation and learned the tools for documentary film making as an autodidact. Since 2010 she has been the producer, script writer and director of several award winning feature-length documentaries, mainly focussing on humanitarian and social issues.
Film Selection: Nowhere (2018, doc) - Life in Four Elements (2017, doc) – Wurzelkinder (Children of the Forest, 2015, doc) - Ein Spiel der Gene (The Heir Of Liszt, 2014, doc) - Separated (2012, doc, CE'13) - Gaelle (2011, doc)
Local Artists 2019
Natalie
Halla
Austria 2018
color
61
minutes
German
OV with English subtitles
Screenplay
Natalie Halla
Cinematography
Teemu Liakka, Natalie Halla
Editing
Natalie Halla
Music Michael
Andreas Haeringer
With Ngoc Levan, Kai Levan, Verena
Levan
Producer(s) Natalie
Halla
Production
Creative Movies
World Sales
Natalie Halla
Austrian Premiere
World Premiere
International Film Festival
Valladolid 2018
Premierenstatus / Premiere
Status Austrian Premiere