Incoming: West

Between the years 1949 and 1990 roughly four million people left the GDR for West Germany. West tells the story of a young mother, who together with her son leaves the GDR to try for a new beginning in the West. The film shows the interrogations conducted by the Allied secret services, which turn the Emergency Refugee Centre into a cold war location, proving once more that one cannot leave without taking along one’s past.

With great personal and political power, West shows the difficulties of daring to start a new life – if the past has taken away all faith.
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West is out in cinemas on June 12.

Rob Aldam

Rob worked on a number of online music magazines, both as a writer and editor, before concentrating on his first love - film. After stints as Cultural and Film Editor on local magazines, he took up residency as Film Editor at Backseat Mafia. He specialises in covering world cinema, independent film, documentaries, and championing the underdog.