Some bonds never fade. In the shadow of war and half a century of division, a woman embarks on a journey to Serbia in search of her father, uncovering a lost identity and a new family.

In the eternal struggle between East and West, at the crossroads of northern and southern Europe, stands Bärbel – a woman of exceptional inner strength. Born in the turmoil of World War II, she has spent her life searching for her identity and her lost family, from whom she was separated by post-war political circumstances, the Berlin Wall, and later, the wars in the former Yugoslavia. Reborn is a documentary about broken and rediscovered bonds, about the quiet struggle of an individual in the shadow of great historical forces. At the heart of the story is Bärbel, a German woman who, in 1989, at the age of 45, receives a letter from the Red Cross informing her that a man from a small town in central Serbia has been searching for her for years – a man claiming to be her father. A long-hidden family secret compels her to travel to Serbia to meet the father she has never known. This is a film about searching – for roots, belonging, and truth. Both intimate and universal, Reborn reveals how vital closeness, understanding, and acceptance are in a world full of borders, silences, and lost relationships.

Neke veze nikada ne nestaju. U sjenci rata i pola vijeka podjela, jedna žena kreće u Srbiju u potragu za ocem, otkrivajući izgubljeni identitet i novu porodicu.

U vječitoj borbi između Istoka i Zapada, na raskršću sjevera i juga Evrope, stoji Berbel - žena izuzetne unutrašnje snage. Rođena u vihoru Drugog svjetskog rata, čitav život traga za sopstvenim identitetom i izgubljenom porodicom, od koje je bila razdvojena posleratnim političkim okolnostima, Berlinskim zidom, a kasnije i ratovima na prostoru bivše Jugoslavije. „Ponovo rođena“ je dokumentarni film o prekinutim i ponovo pronađenim vezama, o tihoj borbi pojedinca u sjenci velikih istorijskih tokova. U središtu priče je Berbel, Njemica koja 1989. godine, u svojoj 45. godini, prima pismo Crvenog krsta u kojem je obaveštavaju da je već godinama traži čovjek iz jedne šumadijske varoši – čovek koji tvrdi da je njen otac. Porodična tajna, dugo skrivana i potisnuta, pokreće je na putovanje u Srbiju, ka ocu kog nikada nije upoznala. Ovo je film o potrazi za korenima, pripadanjem i istinom. Intiman i univerzalan, „Ponovo rođena“ otkriva koliko su bliskost, razumjevanje i prihvatanje važni u svijetu prepunom granica, ćutanja i izgubljenih odnosa.