Berlinale 2004: "Gegen die Wand" ("Head on"), by Fatih Akin
La sposa turca [Fatih Akin]
Fatih Akin in film festival TV interview 2005 Cannes
Crossing the Bridge - A Documentary by Fatih Akin
- Date of Birth: 25 August, 1973
- Place of Birth: Hamburg, Germany
- Biography: Fatih Akın (born August 25, 1973) is a Turkish-German film director.
Filmography
- Soul Kitchen (2009)
- New York, I Love You (2009)
- Deutschland 09 - 13 kurze Filme zur Lage der Nation (2009)
- Mamarosh (2009)
- Min dît (2009)
- 1 1/2 Ritter - Auf der Suche nach der hinreißenden Herzelinde (2008)
- Chiko (2008)
- Vineta (2008)
- Auf der anderen Seite (2007)
- Takva (2006)
- Crossing the Bridge: The Sound of Istanbul (2005)
- Kebab Connection (2005)
News
No film has ever grossed so much in its opening weekend in Italy: after Friday's release, with figures at over ?2m, Avatar earned almost ?4m on Saturday to reach just over ?9.6m in three days (according to Cinetel data from... ... Full Article
The 15th Festival of Auteur Film will take place from November 25-December 2 in Belgrade, Serbia. Fourteen of the 21 titles in competition are European, and include Fatih Akin 's Soul Kitchen [ trailer ], Maren Ade's Everyone Else [... ... Full Article
A pillar for the circulation of quality European films across the continent, the Europa Cinemas network (2,066 screens in 471 cities in 42 countries) - headed by Claude-Eric Poiroux and presided by Claude Miller - kicks off its 14th annual... ... Full Article
Hamburg comes full circle with Akin
cineuropa.org –
2009-10-06
The jury described Soul Kitchen as "straightforward, passionate, humorous and uncompromising". The Foreign Press Award went to Romanian director Corneliu Porumboiu 's Police, Adjective [ trailer , film focus ]. ... Full Article
Maoz, who based the film on his own experiences, dedicated the award to "people all over the word who come back form the war safe and sound, they work, get married, have children but inside remain stuck in their souls." ... Full Article