A child's-eye Christmas turns dark when home movies capture what adults try to hide.
West Germany, Christmas Eve, 1971. 7-year-old Kimîa captures her family’s celebration through the lens of her Super 8 camera. But the mood changes when her mother, Hanna, discovers her husband’s plans.
Direction
Klinkhammer weaponizes the Super 8 frame—what's just outside it terrifies.
Cinematography
Grainy POV footage vs. crisp reality creates unbearable tension.
Director
Linda-Schiwa Klinkhammer
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The 1971 setting captures West Germany's Gastarbeiter era, when Iranian men arrived alone with promises of family reunification that often collapsed.
The Super 8 format isn't just aesthetic—it's period-accurate to when working-class immigrants first documented their 'German dream,' making the medium itself a character in the family's performance of success.
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