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Are you listening mother?

film type fiction Production Country Germany, Turkey production year 2018 runtime 20'00 colour
screening format DCP aspect ratio 1.85:1 sound format Dolby SR languages Kurdisch, Türkisch Subtitles Englisch, Deutsch

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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Official Trailer: https://vimeo.com/303907901

Are you listening mother? Are you listening mother? Are you listening mother?
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director Tuna Kaptan Besetzung / Cast Aziz Çapkurt, Sebiha Bozan Original-Filmmusik / Original Score Özgür Akgül Szenenbild / Production Design Cenk Aydin Schnitt / Editing Sophie Oldenbourg Bildgestaltung / DOP Roy Yunus Imer Produktion / Production Tuna Kaptan Drehbuch / Script Tuna Kaptan Tongestaltung / 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
Production
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  • Tuna Kaptan
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Distribution
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Tuna Kaptan

Born in Munich to Turkish parents;
holds a Bachelor of Arts in media, theatre and Romance studies;
studied film directing at the University of Television and Film Munich and at the ENERC Buenos Aires;
his documentary films won several awards

Filmography
2011 Bordo Mavi
2012 Mr. Siebzehnrübl
2013 Nacht Grenze Morgen
2014 Armada Bizerta
2016 Subsuelo
2017 Turtle Shells