Yara (The Wound)
With actors Necmettin Çobanoglu and Füsun Demirel Yilmaz Arslan directed this Turkish-German-Swiss drama which begins in a German city where a woman arrives at an apartment building to visit her friend Hulya (Yelda Reynaud), only to learn that Hulya has returned to Turkey with her aunt and uncle because of an unspecified illness. There are […]
Sonnenallee
Produced by Claus Boje With actors Alexander Scheer, Alexander Beyer, Katharina Thalbach, Teresa Weissbach Available on DVD in Germany A “mufta” is a multifunctional table, a “Minetta” is a radio, mopeds are called “Swallows” and “Asthmakraut Halle” (a special asthma medication) is the only recreational drug available. The Soviet Union is big brother; the rest […]
Freunde (Friends)
With actors Benno Fürmann and Christiane Paul available on DVD in Germany Nils, Caro and Tayfun: They used to be best friends when they were young. They shared everything, and together they were on the top of the world. But their friendship fell apart when Caro couldn´t decide whether to be in love with Nils […]
Lost Killers
With actors Nicole Seelig and Mišel Maticevic English availability “Lost Killers” follows a group of curious characters, stranded in the city of Mannheim, all of them struggling to survive and to fulfil their dreams. Branko and Merab are two hapless hitmen assigned to kill a businessman for reasons unknown. Absurd coincidences prevent them from carrying […]
Berlín (Berlin)
With actors Ed Bejarano, Timo Berger, and Clara Masnatta “Berlin” is the portrait of a city quickly sketched on DV tape, a mosaic of everyday life as experienced by two Argentine immigrants. Virtually dispensing with dialog, this one-man pic by Homero Cirelli comes close to the feel of a silent movie, though music and sound […]
Ekmek Parasi – Geld fürs Brot (Money for Bread)
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Bend it Like Beckham (Kick it Like Beckham)
With actors Parminder Nagra and Keira Knightley available on DVD in the US Set in West London, Hamburg and Hounslow, this comedy addresses multicultural issues in relation to women’s soccer, friendship, family and social norms. Jesminder (Jess) Bhamra (Parminder Nagra), the daughter of Indian parents that immigrated to the UK, loves to play soccer. Her […]
Kleine Freiheit (A Little Bit of Freedom)
Produced by Ralph E. Cotta With actors Cagdas Bozkurt, Necmettin Cobanoglu, Leroy Delmar, Sunay Girisken available on DVD in Germany Denied political asylum after leaving his native Turkey, a Kurdish teen named Baran (Cagdas Bozkurt) lands a job as a kebab delivery boy in Germany while attempting to elude the authorities and striking up a […]
Bis zum Ende aller Tage (Girl from Hong Kong)
With actors Hanns Lothar and Helmut Griem Der deutsche Seemann Glen verliebt sich in Hongkong in die chinesische Nachtclubtänzerin Anna und beschließt, sie mit in sein Heimatdorf auf der Hallig Olesund zu nehmen. Dort bekommt er jedoch schon bald zu spüren, dass die Einheimischen alles andere als erfreut über den Zuzug der “Chinesin” sind. Bei […]