Kebab Connection
With actors Denis Moschitto, Nora Tschirner, Hasan Ali Mete, Cem Akin, Nursel Köse, Güven Kiraç Available on DVD in Germany and the US Links: IMDB, German-Films.de Genre(s): Comedy; Theme(s): Ethnicity; Spatial or Temporal Spaces and Borders Review by Sara Sellami: Kebab Connection is a comedy by Anno Saul, a German film director, and was released in 2005. […]
Eine andere Liga (In Another League)
With actors Karoline Herfurth and Ken Duken For Hayat, a 20-year-old girl of Turkish-German background, football is the most important thing in her life. She’s the best and most spirited player on her football team. But all of a sudden she’s got other things to think about. The doctors diagnose breast cancer. The operation changes […]
Drei gegen Troja (Three men against Troja)
With actors Lars Rudolph and Augustine Thullah Hussi Kutlucan, the Berlin-based Turkish writer, director and co-star of ‘Three against Troy’, has enormous vitality, black humour and a keen eye for the idiosyncrasies of different cultures. His film is a fast-paced road movie steeped in sinister intrigues, upstanding friendship and the fascination of the orient. Links: […]
Crossing the Bridge – The Sound of Istanbul
With actors Alexander Hacke, Baba Zula, Sezen Aksu, Erkin Koray, Selim Sesler 2004 has been an exciting and busy year for Hamburg-based filmmaker Fatih Akin. To begin with, his feature Head-On (“Gegen die Wand”) won the Golden Bear at the Berlinale and then picked up four “Lolas” at the German Film Awards. What’s more, he […]
Was lebst Du?
I spent more than two years documenting the lives of Ali, Kais, Ertan and Alban on camera. During this time, their world was full of disappointments and conflict, but it also yielded incredible successes. It all began with a visit to the Youth Centre “Klingelputz” – a well-known meeting place for young migrants in the […]
Ich Chef, Du Turnschuh (Me Boss, You Sneaker)
With actors Hussi Kutlucan and Wiebke Inn English availability Gemeinsam mit anderen Flüchtlingen aus aller Welt kommt der Armenier Dudie an Bord eines Containerschiffs in Hamburg an. Nachdem seine Freundin sich auf eine Scheinehe mit einem deutschen Mann eingelassen hat, verlässt auch Dudie die bedrückende Umgebung des Schiffes und quartiert sich mit gefälschten Papieren in […]
Lisbon Story
With actors Rüdiger Vogler and Patrick Bauchau The director Friedrich Monroe has trouble with finishing a silent b&w movie about Lisbon. He calls his friend, the sound engineer Phillip Winter, for help. As Winter arrives Lisbon weeks later, Monroe is disappeared but has left the unfinished film. Winter decides to stay, because he is fascinated […]
Mein Vater, der Gastarbeiter (My Father, the Guest Worker)
English availability 1968 kam Cemal Yavuz aus dem kurdischen Teil der Türkei als Gastarbeiter nach Deutschland. Für ein Jahr arbeitete er in einer Fischfabrik in Hamburg, danach 15 Jahre in einer Werft. Sein Heimatdorf und seine Familie sah er immer nur zur Urlaubszeit. Nachdem er zwei seiner Söhne als seine Nachfolger nach Deutschland geholt hatte, […]
Weltmeister
With actors Hans-Joachim Grubel and Grit Hornig Links: IMDB, Film Portal
Gorilla Bathes at Noon
With actors Svetozar Cvetkovic and Anita Mancic available on VHS with English subtitles in the US GORILLA BATHES AT NOON examines the Soviet Union’s collapse through the goofball misadventures of a Russian soldier left stranded in East Berlin after the fall of the wall. Links: IMDB, Film Portal Genre(s): Comedy;