Petit Voyage

“Daughters of Jerusalem, I charge you: do not arouse or awaken love until it so desires.” Song of Songs 8, verse 4 – The siblings are on their way to Paris; their grandmother has died. They try to find her through old letters and pictures, to open up a conversation. When they finally arrive in Paris, it becomes clear that they won’t be staying. They meet a stranger. Petit Voyage is a queer film. An attempt to find one’s own order for a new life, to find a foothold not bound to any place. Only through people, only through the next ones. Always being on the road. Laughter sets the course. Sometimes overexertion and devotion are hard to tell apart.

Maike Mia Höhne was Head of Berlinale Shorts of the Berlin International Film Festival from 2002 to 2019. Since 2019, she has been the artistic director of the Hamburg Short Film Festival. She is mother of two inspiring kids. Her films deal with the politics of relations, love and sexuality, so does her work in curating. Selected works: 3/4 (2014), Warum wir waren was wir waren (2011), Eine einfache Liebe (2005), Von der Hingabe (2002), Fin de siglo (1998) and Petit Voyage (1996).