Jiyan

The only connection for Hayat to her past life is her nightmares. In Berlin she and her husband Harun living in the uncle’s house and his wife does not agree with this situation because Hayat is Kurdish. After a while Harun finds an illegal Job in a building site and the baby is born. The Baby brings a unique connection between the women. One day the answer is coming about the refugee status of them but Harun disappeared….

Credits

Cast:

Halima Ilter – Hayat

Füsun Demirel – Gülsüm

Baran Sükrü Babacan – Harun

Nizam Namidar – Irfan

Drehbuch (Credit):

Süheyla Schwenk

Camera:

Florian Wurzer

Editing:

Süheyla Schwenk

Producer:

Sara Fazilat

Roxana Richters

Sound:

Philipp Olbrich

Music:

Berivan Ciya

Deniz Mahir Kartal

Film info

Direction:

Süheyla Schwenk

Genre:

fictional

Country of production:

Germany

Production Company:

Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin

Production:

2019

Shooting format:

16mm

Screening format:

1:1,85

Frame rate:

24 fps

Aspect ratio:

16:9

Sound format:

Dolby 5.1

Language:

Turkish, Kurdish, Deutsch subtitles available in: German, English

Version:

OV

Festivals:

34. Entrevues Belfort, festival international du film (18.-25.11.2019)

41. Filmfestival Max Ophüls Preis (20.-26.01.2020)

2. PyeongChang International Peace Film Festival (18.-23.06.2020)

66th Taormina International Film Fest (11.-29.07.2020)

33. Festival DER NEUE HEIMATFILM in Freistadt (26.-30.08.2020)

49. Lubuskie Filmsommer (30.08.-.06.09.2020)

16. achtung berlin - new berlin film award (16.-20.09.2020 - cancelled)

17. Neiße Film Festival (24.-27.09.20)

Kurdisches Filmfestival Berlin (08.-14.10.2020)

55. FILMZ – FESTIVAL DES DEUTSCHEN KINOS (05.-14.11.2020)

Umeå Europeiska Filmfestival (25.-29.11.2020)

Kurdish Film Days Leipzig (04.-05.12.2020)

16th ÉCU – The European Independent Film Festival (09.-11.04.2021)

50th Sehsüchte International Student Film Festival (21.-25.07.2021)

Duhok International Film Festival (11.-18.11.2021)

Kurdische Filmtage (17.-19.03.2022)

Runtime:

71