Heterotopia

Ateş(24), a Kurdish-Turkish rap singer, has been charged over an unjustified allegation. He is accused of making terror propaganda in his song lyrics. He decides to leave Turkey illegally because his passport is confiscated.

Ateş embarks on an illegal migration journey towards thousands of kilometers long and perilous European route used by refugees fleeing the war in the Middle East. During the dangerous escape journey, he learns with the news of his grandfather's death that his birthplace will soon be flooded by dam water.

After weeks of traveling across the Aegean border to Greece, Macedonia and Serbia, he is stuck in a prison-like immigrant camp in Hungary. He takes advantage of a mess and escapes. After days of a death march, he crosses Austria and turns himself into the police in Germany.

In Germany, he is housed in a refugee home. In search of freedom, he finds himself trapped within ever-shrinking boundaries. A lengthy asylum process begins for Ateş. Just like his roommates, a Syrian, an Afghan, and an African, he too is waiting for his official interview.

His first interview finally takes place weeks later. With the help of a translator, he tells the reasons for his flight from Turkey. In the second part, with an impressive interpretation, he tells the story of his childhood on the Turkish-Syrian border, where he buried the audio recordings of his Dengbej (storyteller) grandfather, who suffered from Alzheimer's disease.

There doesn't seem to be a problem with Ateş´ asylum application. But he is forbidden to leave Germany during the bureaucratic procedure. But Ateş is short on time to fulfill his grandfather's last will and rescue the buried chest from the village.

He will either give up his right to asylum and freedom or his memory and past.