Welcome Back, Farewell

The film „Welcome Back, Farewell“ will be part of the main program of the „One World“ festival. It will be possible to watch it online from the comfort of your home. The stream will launch on November 7th at 12pm and will be available for the next 24 hours.

Welcome Back, Farewell / Marcos Yoshi / Brazil 2021 / 105 min. – Parents and children are reunited after 13 years apart. This is the starting point of Welcome Back, Farewell. The documentary follows the process of rebuilding affection in a Japanese descent family that is affected by the immigration flux between Brazil and Japan known as the dekassegui phenomenon. The debut feature film by Marcos Yoshi, director and a character, portrays his familyʼs immigration trajectory as it stresses the conflict between the desire to guarantee the family’s future and the impossibility to remain together. Itʼs one of thousands of stories about families torn apart by immigration as it highlights the Japanese presence in Brazil, home to the largest Japanese-descendant community in the world.

Language: Portuguese

Subtitles: Slovak, English

Topic: migration