Moonlighting (Schwarzarbeit)
With actors Jeremy Irons and Eugene Lipinski A Polish contractor, Nowak, leads a group of workmen to London so they can provide cheap labor for a government official based there. Nowak (Irons) has to manage the project and the men as they encounter the tempations of the West and loneliness and separation from their families. […]
Kombat Sechzehn (Main Frankfurt Oder)
With actors Florian Bartholomäi Available on DVD in Germany Der 16-jährige Georg lebt mit seinem geschiedenen Vater in Frankfurt am Main. Einen emotionalen Ausgleich zu persönlichen Konflikten findet der Junge im Sport: Georg ist leidenschaftlicher Teakwondo-Kämpfer. Als er mit seinem Vater nach Frankfurt/Oder ziehen muss, und ihm dadurch die ersehnte Chance geraubt wird, die hessische […]
Jagdszenen aus Niederbayern (Hunting Scenes from Bavaria)
With actors Martin Sperr and Angela Winkler Abram returns to his small village and although his repairing skills are needed, people’s suspicion about his sexual preferences make his life hard. (Summary from imdb.com) Links: IMDB Theme(s): Exoticism or Orientalism; Migration and Mobility;
Lebewohl, Fremde! (Good-bye, Strange Land)
With actors Werner Eichhorn, Müsfik Kenter, Julia Lindig Gemeinsam mit einem Pakistani und einem Afrikaner haust der Asyl suchende Türke Deniz in einem Bauwagen an der nordfriesischen Küste. Eines Tages lernt Deniz die deutsche Fotografin Karin kennen. Sie lebt in einem heimeligen Bauernhaus auf einer nahe gelegenen Hallig. Obwohl keiner von ihnen die Sprache des […]
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. […]
En Garde
With actors Maria Kwiatkowsky and Pinar Erincin Sixteen-year-old Alice was put into a Catholic educational institute for girls by her mother. She is quite different from the other girls: Because of her extreme sense of hearing she perceives the world around her differently from other people and prefers to stay pretty much by herself. In […]
Ekmek Parasi – Geld fürs Brot (Money for Bread)
Links: IMDB Genre(s): Classic Documentary;
Deutschländersiedlung (Germany in Turkey: Gated Communities)
Several years ago, the filmmaker, Aysun Bademsoy, came across the “Deutschländersiedlungen” (“German settlements”) in Turkey, which have arisen in the last 10-20 years along the connecting roads between the major coastal cities. “Deutschländer” (roughly translated “people from Germany”) is the name given in Turkey to Turks who have lived and worked many years abroad, mostly […]
Schläfer
With actors Bastian Trost, Mehdi Nebbou Available on DVD in Germany Johannes, a new assistant at the university, is asked to provide reports on an Algerian colleague – who is suspected of being a sleeper. He refuses, but the seed of doubt has been planted. A fragile friendship which is overshadowed by professional and emotional […]
100 pour cent Arabica (100% Arabica)
Produced by Mahmoud Zemmouri With actors Khaled, Cheb Mami, Mouss, Najim Laouariga, Fard Fedjer, Youssef Diawara, Patrice Thibaud, Mohamed Camara available on DVD in the US and France Set in a rent-controlled Paris suburb populated entirely by North Africans, this comedy of music and cross-culturalism centers on a battle waged between the neighborhood youth, who […]