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With HOMESICK I try to understand why I couldn't defend myself back then. Why many women are unable to defend themselves in such situations. I want to use the film to tell something about female shame. About my shame. And I want to encourage people that we can take our bodies back.
Country: Germany
T-Port Partner: Filmakademie Baden-Wuerttemberg
Bio: Maja Bresink, born 1998 in Frankfurt am Main. She completed her media studies at the Rhein Main University of Applied Sciences in 2020. She then worked as an assistant director, junior producer and casting assistant. For several years she has been the personal assistant to Christian Schwochow (e.g. on "Bad Banks", "Deutschstunde", "Je suis Karl" & "Munich - The Edge of War"). She has been studying film directing at the Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg since 2021.