screening format
35mm
aspect ratio
1.85:1
sound format
Dolby SR
original-language
Turkish
subtitles
English, German
Lâl is the portrait of a German widow living and working as a psychoanalyst in Istanbul. One evening after a long separation, she meets up with her daughter who has joined the Kurdish guerilla movement in eastern Turkey. The daughter reveals an amazing secret to her mother. And the night holds yet another surprise.
director
Dirk Schäfer
Cast
Grischa Huber, Hayrettin Dinler, Hülya Duyar, Isabella Parkinson, Yasemin Alkaya
Original Score
Antoni Lazarkiewicz
Editing
Dirk Schäfer
Script
Dirk Schäfer
DOP
Bernadette Paassen, Knut Schmitz
Sound Design
Roman Franke
film school
Kunsthochschule für Medien Köln (KHM)
Festivals
New York Film Festival, New York City, USA
Berlin & Beyond Film Festival, San Francisco, USA
Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival, France
Production
- Kunsthochschule für Medien Köln (KHM)
- Ute Dilger
- +49 221 20189 330
- https://www.khm.de/
Distribution
- Kunsthochschule für Medien Köln (KHM)
- Ute Dilger
- +49 221 20189 330
- https://www.khm.de/
School
- Kunsthochschule für Medien Köln (KHM)
- Heumarkt 14
- 50667 Köln
- Germany
- +49 221 201890
- http://www.khm.de
Dirk Schäfer
Post Graduate Studies at the Academy of Media Arts, Cologne;
Masterclass at the Andrzej-Wajda-School in Warsaw;
dramatic adviser at the Felix Bloch Erben Agency Berlin.
Filmography
2004 Wirklich Nilmesser
2003 Ich wäre lieber einem Wolf begegnet
2002 Armut ist das türkische Wort für Birne
1997 Les rappeurs