Penelope Julie Bruun Bjerregaard

A young female artist is confronted with a tough decision that forces her to choose between motherhood and her art.

On the first day at his new school, Mathias is given the worst possible homework: write an essay about yourself. The timid Mathias struggles to find the words. A minor identity crisis was not his idea of a good start. However, the essay is quickly put on hold, as he discovers that the deaf girl from school is spying on him.

Amala ”is a magical tale of division and longing. The teenage girl Amala daydreams about being part of the Danish neighboring family, while she takes care of the domestic duties and tries to be a good Tamil girl. But when her mother discovers that Amala has a secret Danish boyfriend and confronts her with it, Amala is done letting go of her mother's expectations. She wished she was not part of the family and that Amma was not her mother! On the family house altar, the god Ganesh stands and listens, and the next day Amala wakes up with the Danish neighboring family, now as Amalie, and without recollection of her previous life.