Credits: screenplay: Astrid Heubrandtner; director of photography: Atsrid Heubrandtne, Peter Roehsler; editor: Charlotte Müllner; music: ; producer: Peter Roehsler; production company: Nanookfilm;

Country: Austria

Year: 2010

Running time: 94

Colour: Colour

Format: HD CAM (HDTV)

Sulukule, a run-down district in Istanbul, is the oldest Roma settlement in the world. Until the 1990ies the Roma made a living through music and dance. Sulukule was the home of nearly 40 entertainment houses which were popular with Turks and tourists until the clubs were closed down in the 1990ies. 2005 an urban renewal project started: The municipality wanted to buy all the buildings and replace them with luxury villas, transforming the neighbourhood. Because the local inhabitants can never afford to live in these new houses, they shall be evicted.