Series
Türkisches Filmfestival
The film series "Türkisches Filmfestival" runs from 14 June to 24 June at DFF — Deutsches Filminstitut & Filmmuseum with 6 screenings.
TMDB 69RT 72IMDb 7.5 When We Leave
Umay is a young woman of Turkish descent, fighting for an independent and self-determined life in Germany against the resistance of her family. Her struggle initiates a dynamic, which results in a life-threatening situation.
- Drama
- Family
Zwischen Gott und Erde
The film shows images from everyday life in a small village in Central Anatolia: how people there live, work, celebrate festivals, and interact with each other. For comparison, the film shows the lives of Turkish guest workers in Germany: their everyday lives, their problems, their relationships with each other and with Germans.
- Documentary
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TMDB 77IMDb 7.8 The Yellow Mercedes
The film is based on 'Fikrimin Ince Gulu', a novel by Adalet Agaoglu, which depicts a first generation gurbetci/guest-worker returning home. It covers his land journey in short bursts from Germany to the Turkey's west border - and extensively from thereon to his village close to Ankara - capital of Turkey. He begins his journey purchasing a second hand yellow Mercedes - possibly his first car - using his meager savings working as a laborer. Offering deep insight into the mind of a manual laborer Bayram (Ilyas Salman) making his first trip back home, resorting to flashbacks in highlighting Bayram's motivation and experiences from his childhood right up to the events leading to his first departure from Turkey to Germany.
- Comedy
- Action
- Drama
IMDb 6.9 40 qm Deutschland
Turna is brought from Turkey to Germany by her husband Dursun to start a new life. She soon realizes that he keeps her locked up in their flat every time he leaves for work in order to save her from immoral influences of the Western society. The dream of a better life becomes an inner fight between her culture and her freedom.
- Drama
Daughters of Two Worlds
Two women, a mother and her daughter, one of whom immigrated to Germany from Turkey and the other grew up in Germany, describe life between two cultures. The mother came as a guest worker, while her daughter had a painful arranged marriage.
- Documentary
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Vatanyolu – Die Heimreise
In the 1960s, Yusuf returns to Turkey after 20 years in Germany, taking his family on a crowded minibus trip. His eldest son, wanting to stay and finish his training in Germany, sabotages the journey, stranding them in the woods. The family builds a new life until authorities intervene, leading to a compromise: the children stay in Germany while Yusuf and his wife return to Turkey with their youngest daughter.
- Drama