From Afghanistan to Germany, Amen Karimyan inspires Afghan girls as he dreams of flying to the moon.
Amen Karimyan dreams of flying to the moon. As a construction engineer and a self -taught astronomer in Afghanistan, she founded the astronomical club, Kayhan. Using a handmade planet model, she encouraged young girls to reach for the stars.
After the Taliban returned to power, Amen was forbidden from teaching and fled to Germany. Her dreams of becoming astronauts look almost in her understanding. But she gets stuck between the burden of her past, German bureaucracy and her ambitions. As he continues to share his love for planets and refuses to give up his dreams, Amen moves on the mission to find his place on Earth.
Little Universe is Nele Dehnenkamp’s documentary.
