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My Grandpa's Home

Name: My Grandpa's Home
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2025-05-25
Duration: 72 min

2025 · 1h 12m · Documentary

Watch it tonight if you're in the mood for intimate, introspective storytelling—this is the kind of personal documentary that sneaks up on you with its quiet power about family, displacement, and home. It won't blow your mind with spectacle, but it'll sit with you long after, especially if you've got your own complicated family history. Skip it only if you need something lighter to decompress with.

Plot

Buğçe embarks on a journey through her family’s past—following her grandfather’s escape from Greece in 1974 and her father’s forced migration from Bulgaria in 1989. Through stories of displacement, she explores themes of belonging, identity, and memory. The paths to her grandfathers’ homes reveal that, beyond borders and time, we all meet within the same longing.

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