Der schöne Tag (A Fine Day)
With actors Serpil Turhan and Bilge Bingül A Fine Day is, after the films Geschwister and Dealer, the third part in a trilogy about the living conditions of Turkish youth growing up in Germany. Deniz is 21-years-old, lives in Berlin, works as a dubbing speaker and wants to become an actress. A Fine Day describes […]
Gölge – Zukunft der Liebe (Shadow)
With actors Semra Uysal and Yüksel Topcugürler Links: Film Portal
Die Grenze – Granica (Border)
Genre(s): Classic Documentary;
Otobüs
With actors Tunç Okan, Tuncel Kurtiz, Björn Gedda The film is about a handful of Turkish people from rural areas who are driven to Stockholm where they will find a job. They are deceived by the driver and left all alone trapped in the bus in an open area in Stockholm. The rest of the […]
Sommer in Mezra
With actors Hussi Kutlucan, Abdurrahman Selvitop Zur Zeit will der junge Kreuzberger Türke Süleyman nur eines: raus aus der Stadt! Seine Freundin hat ihn gerade verlassen und in seiner WG läuft es auch nicht besonders. Also reist Süleyman in die Türkei, seiner Heimat. In Istanbul wird er von seinem skurrilen Onkel überredet, einen mysteriösen Goldschatz […]
Dreckfresser (Dirt for Dinner)
With actors Sam Meffire and Johannes Brandrup English availability Im Jahr 1992, kurz nach den zahlreichen ausländerfeindlichen Übergriffen in Ostdeutschland, die in Hoyerswerda einen traurigen Höhepunkt fanden, lächelte plötzlich ein junger farbiger Polizist von zahllosen Plakaten zu den Menschen herab: “Ein Sachse” lautete der Slogan der Aktion. Und dieser Sachse hieß Sam Meffire, 1970 als […]
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 […]