Seppi & Hias – The Bavarian-Turkish Little Rascals

Seppi & Hias – The Bavarian-Turkish Little Rascals

Audience Award Internationales Studentenfilmfestival „sehsüchte“ 2011, Potsdam, Germany

Fiction / Germany 2010 / German (Bavarian) / no subtitles / 30 min / Director: Emre Koca, Production:  Oliver Bauer, Rafael Parente, Emre Koca

Seppi and Hias are inseparable pals – two typical little rascals in the hills and dales of Upper Bavaria; they speak the local dialect, too, and they would be indistinguishable from other kids the same age out here, but for one slight difference. “Seppi” (his real name is Yusuf) is actually of Turkish origin. The two nine-year-old scamps make their mischief in an Upper Bavarian village, where they are third-grade classmates at the local school, play garage-door kickball, like to chow down on a local specialty called “Leberkäse” and cheer for the FC Bayern soccer team. The glorious role models for the two kids are FC Bayern stars Philipp Lahm, Hamit Altintop and Bastian Schweinsteiger.

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