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Nachruf
Obituary

film type documentary film Production Country Germany production year 2022 runtime 14'17 colour Color,
screening format DCP aspect ratio 1.78:1 (16:9) sound format Dolby Surround original-language German subtitles English

After the death of his grandfather, the filmmaker flies to Istanbul to film one last time in the rooms where his grandfather lived for over 40 years and translated central works of German literature into Turkish. A living and working space that transcends its deceased occupant and which is filled with memories for the filmmaker. Memories of a life that exemplifies the unknown aspects of the history of Turkish-German relations. A cinematic obituary of the "Turkish voice of Kafka".

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director Akin Sipal Editing Arne Körner Production Akin Sipal Script Akin Sipal DOP Akin Sipal Sound Design Stephan Konken
Festivals
2022 Filmfestival Max Ophüls Preis, Saarbrücken, Germany
Production
  • Against Reality Pictures
  • Akin Sipal
  • http://www.againstrealitypictures.com/
Distribution
  • Against Reality Pictures
  • Akin Sipal
  • http://www.againstrealitypictures.com/
Sales
  • Against Reality Pictures
  • Akin Sipal
  • http://www.againstrealitypictures.com/

Akin Sipal

Akın Emanuel Şipal, born 1991 in Essen, studied film at the Hamburg University of Fine Arts. He won the 2012 nationwide competition "In Zukunft" for his first play VOR WIEN, and received the Hamburg Department of Culture's Förderpreis Literatur promotion prize for SANTA MONICA.

Filmography
2013 Deprem Meprem
2015 Baba Evi 

Portrait of Akin Sipal