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GERMAN FILMS & CO-PRODUCTIONS AT ISTANBUL 2022

Festivals

41th Istanbul Film Festival (08 April - 19 April 2022)

National Competition 
ZUHAL by Elif Nazli Durlu (TR/DE, Achtung Panda!)

National Short Film
STILETTO: "A PINK FAMILY TRAGEDY" by Can Merdan Doğan (TR/DE, Erkan Taşkıran)

International Competition 
LAND OF DREAMS by Shirin Neshat, Shoja Azari (US/DE, Bon Voyage Films GmbH, BR Bayerischer Rundfunk, Arte)
RHINO by Oleh Sentsov (UA/PL/DE/FR, Ma.ja.de. Fiction GmbH, Arte, ZDF)
MARINER OF THE MOUNTAINS (Der Seefahrer aus dem Gebirge) by Karim Aïnouz (BR/FR/DE, Watchmen Productions)
TOGETHER, WE SHALL DIE by Hakkı Kurtuluş, Melik Saraçoğlu (TR/DE, Acar Entertainment)

Galas
RABIYE KURNAZ VS. GEORG W. BUSH by Andreas Dresen (DE/FR, Pandora Film Filmproduktion GmbH, Iskremas Filmproduktion, ND, RBB, BR, Radio Bremen, Arte)
LOVE, DEUTSCHMARKS AND DEATH (Liebe, D-Mark und Tod) by Cem Kaya (filmfaust, Film Five, WDR, RBB, Arte)

Best of the Fests
DEAR THOMAS (LIEBER THOMAS) by Andreas Kleinert (Zeitsprung Pictures)
THE STORY OF MY WIFE (DIE GESCHICHTE MEINER FRAU) by Ildikó Enyedi (DE/HU/IT/FR, Komplizen Film GmbH)
RIMINI by Ulrich Seidl (AT/DE/FR, Essential Film GmbH, BR, ARTE)
THE MIDDLE MAN (The Middle Man - Ein Unglück kommt selten allein) by Bent Hamer (DE/DK/NO/CA/CH/UK, Pandora Film, ZDF, Arte)
THE EXAM by Shawkat Amin Korki (DE/IQ/FR, Mîtosfilm, Mehmet Aktas & Iacopo Callico GbR)

Young Masters
AMPARO by Simón Mesa Soto (CO/SE/DE/QA, Flare Film)

Documentary Time
AS I WANT by Samaher Alqadi (EG/FR/NO/PS/DE)

Mined Zone
HAGAZUSSA: A HEATHEN'S CURSE (HAGAZUSSA: DER HEXENFLUCH) by Lukas Feigelfeld (AT/DE, DFFB)