Unsere Zeit wird kommen

“Racism is a sickness. A sickness for the human society. A sickness that will never cure. Unless you use your power to stop it.” Siaka is letting off steam. Years of insecurity and involuntary exile have worn the Gambian down. And not just him: his partner Victoria is also sick of the precarious situation. The graphic designer longs for normality above all.

Ivette Löcker accompanies the two of them for a year, making tangible their struggles for a relationship that is not just subject to bureaucratic forces but must also contend with cultural differences. Almost entirely without commentary but with a clear stance created by the editing, Löcker documents a constant search for mutual understanding and the desire to feel the ground beneath your feet.

Unsere Zeit wird kommen is the portrait of a love between cultures that endures despite all difficulties in an Austria increasingly moving towards authoritarianism. And this love also blossoms: at the end of the film, their child is born, together with the prospect that their dream of a life on two continents will become a reality. (Carolin Weidner)

Ivette Löcker was born in 1970 in Bregenz, Austria and grew up in St. Michael/Lungau. She studied Slavic studies (Russian), Eastern European history, and sociology in Vienna. After graduating in 1997, she worked as a researcher, production manager, and assistant director on documentaries and features. Since 2006, she has directed her own documentaries. She lives and works in Berlin.

Director Ivette Löcker. Screenplay Ivette Löcker. Cinematography Frank Amann. Editing Esther Fischer. Sound Design Ines Vorreiter. Producers Barbara Pichler, Gabriele Kranzelbinder. Production company KGP Filmproduktion (Wien, Austria).

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Films: 2010: Nachtschichten / Night Shifts. 2014: Wenn es blendet, öffne die Augen / When It Blinds, Open Your Eyes. 2017: Was uns bindet / Ties that bind. 2025: Unsere Zeit wird kommen / Our Time Will Come.