Min Dît (Before Your Eyes)
With actors Senay Orak, Muhammed Al and Berîvan Eminoglu. Two young Kurdish siblings living in Diyarbakir in Turkish Kurdistan, Gülîstan (Orak) and Firat (Al), are placed into the care of their activist aunt Yakbun (Eminoglu) after their parents are murdered in front of them by paramilitary gunmen. When Yakbun herself goes missing, the two children […]
Luks Glück (Luk’s Luck)
With actors René Vaziri and Sinan Bengier. A Turkish-German family is not only spoilt for choice but riven by it when young Luk wins the lottery. Things get harder, not easier, as entire family must decide what to do with the money. Links: IMDB, YouTube (Trailer) Genre(s): Comedy, Drama
Kückückskind (Cuckoo Kid)
With Ava Celik, Robert Alexander Baer, Natalia Wörner, and Siir Eloglu. Switched by accident at birth, Dominik Greve (Baer) and Ayse Güngör (Ava Celik) are reunited with their birth families for two weeks in an attempt to get to know each other. Stereotypes are drawn upon as cultures clash and the protagonists come to grow […]
Krüger aus Almanya (Krüger from Germany)
With actors Horst Krause, Karim Günes, and Anna Unterberger. Aired on German television by ARD, Krüger aus Almanya is the story of Paul Krüger (Krause), a xenophobic widower who used to be a stone mason in the GDR. He is forced to confront his prejudice when he travels to Anatolia to talk his granddaughter Annie […]
Kadir
Peter Lilienthal’s documentary film appeared on ZDF television. Links: IMDB, FilmPortal Genre(s): Documentary
Fack Ju Göhte 3 (Suck Me Shakespeer 3)
With actors Elyas M’Barek and Jella Haase. In the third entry in the blockbuster comedy franchise Fack ju Göhte, Elyas M’Barek returns as Zeki Müller, still at the Goethe-Gesamtschule after his relationship with Lisi has come to an end and she has moved to England. Zeki now has to prepare his students, including Chantal Ackermann (Jella […]
Einmal Hans mit scharfer Soße (Hans with Spicy Sauce)
With actors Idil Üner, Sesede Terziyan, and Adnan Maral. Based on the autobiographical novel by Hatice Akyün, Einmal Hans mit scharfer Soße follows Hatice Coscun (Idil Üner) and her pregnant sister Fatma (Sesede Terziyan) as they rush to find Fatma a husband before their father Ismail (Adnan Maral) finds out about the pregnancy. German men come […]
Ein Fest für Beyau (A Celebration for Beyhau)
With actors Füsun Demirel and Berivan Kaya. A short film by Kurdish-German auteur Ayşe Polat. Links: IMDB Genre(s): Short
Dügün — Die Heirat (The Marriage)
With actors Oğuz Tunç and Asli Altan. Ismet Elçi’s tragic drama follows Metin (Oğuz Tunç), a second generation immigrant living in Germany who visits his ancestral home village in Turkey after a long period of absence only to realize upon arrival that his family has arranged a marriage for him. Fearful of his father, Metin […]
Dreiviertelmond (Three Quarter Moon)
With actors Elmar Wepper, Mercan Türköglu, Özay Fecht. Hartmut Mackowiak (Elmar Wepper), a taxi driver separated from his wife and stuck in his ways, is forced to reckon with the new and unpredictable when young Hayat (Mercan Türköglu), visiting her grandmother in Nuremberg, ends up in his taxi after her grandmother (Özay Fecht) has a […]