Almanya - Welcome To Germany (Almanya - Wilkommen in Deutschland)
Contemporary World Cinema - Festival 2011
Almanya on the Fabulous Picture Show:
Yasemin Şamdereli / Feature Narrative / Germany / 2010 / 101 min / Color / 35 mm / In German, Turkish / Arabic, English subtitles / MENA Premiere
Rated: Parental guidance is advised
Synopsis
A charming cross-cultural comedy about three generations of German-Turks, “Almanya” is the story of a Turkish family living in Germany who set off together for their homeland. Moving across the past and present, the journey is full of memories, arguments and reconciliations, until the family trip takes an unexpected turn…
About the Director
Born in Germany in 1973, Yasemin Şamdereli studied at the College of Film and Television in Munich from 1993 to 2000. She was a freelancer for Bavaria Film and worked as an assistant director on a number of international productions. In 2002, she directed a television comedy and
co-wrote a TV series. “Almanya” is her debut film.
Credits
- Director
- Yasemin Şamdereli
- Screenwriter
- Yasemin Samdereli, Nesrin Samdereli
- Producer
- Andreas Richter, Ursula Woerner, Annie Brunner
- Editor
- Andrea Mertens
- Music
- Gerd Baumann
- Cinematographer
- Ngo The Chau
- Sales Company
- Beta Cinemas
- Cast
- Vedat Erincin, Fahri Yardim, Aylin Tezel, Lilay Huser, Demet Gul, Denis Moschitto, Petra Schmidt-Schaller
Contacts
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Press Contact
Dorothee Stoewahse
- Company:
- Beta Film GmbH
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Print Source
Delphine Eon
- Company:
- Beta Film GmbH
- Phone:
- +49 896 734 69823
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Sales Contact
Andreas Rothbauer
- Company:
- Beta Cinema
- Phone:
- +49 896 734 69829