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Are you listening mother?

film type fiction Production Country Germany, Turkey production year 2018 runtime 20'00 colour Color
screening format DCP aspect ratio 1.85:1 sound format Dolby SR original-language Kurdish, Turkish subtitles English, German

A Kurdish woman is sentenced to six years of house arrest with an electronic ankle bracelet for supporting terrorist activities. From now on an invisible border runs through her garden in a Turkish village, which she repeatedly trespasses. Her older son is torn between obedience and rebellion. How far will he go to protect his mother from further punishment?

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Are you listening mother? Are you listening mother? Are you listening mother?
director Tuna Kaptan Cast Aziz Çapkurt, Sebiha Bozan Original Score Özgür Akgül Szenenbild / Production Design Cenk Aydin Editing Sophie Oldenbourg DOP Roy Yunus Imer Production Tuna Kaptan Script Tuna Kaptan Sound Design Ömer Bugra
Festivals
2019 Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival, France
2019 Tampere International Short Film Festival, Finland
2019 FILMFEST DRESDEN - International Short Film Festival, Dresden, Germany
2019 Internationale Kurzfilmwoche Regensburg, Germany
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Tuna Kaptan

Tuna Kaptan was born in Munich in 1985. He studied Romance languages, theater, and media studies, and later studied documentary film directing in Buenos Aires and at the HFF Munich. His films have been screened at IDFA and DOK Leipzig. He works as a director, screenwriter, and producer.

Filmography
2011 Bordo Mavi
2012 Mr. Siebzehnrübl
2013 Nacht Grenze Morgen
2014 Armada Bizerta
2016 Subsuelo
2017 Schildkröten Panzer
2019 Hörst du, Mutter?
2023 Rohbau
2025 Echt Friends
2025 Ishaq

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