My father. My uncle.
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Original title | My father. My uncle. |
Country of production | Germany |
original language | [[German language | German , English , Arabic]] |
Publishing year | 2009 |
length | 80 minutes |
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Director | Christoph Heller |
script | Christoph Heller |
production | Bonsai Film and German Film and Television Academy Berlin |
music | Christof Vonderau |
camera | Manuel Kinzer |
cut | Sophia Kambaki |
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My father. My uncle. deals with the reunification of Sinan Al Kuri with his biological family from Iraq. The documentary was made under the direction of Christoph Heller as a graduation film at the German Film and Television Academy Berlin (dffb). After numerous international festival appearances, the film opened in theaters on April 3, 2010 in Austria, on April 22, 2010 in Switzerland and on May 13, 2010 in Germany.
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A young, charming German meets his birth parents and siblings in Dubai . The wealthy Iraqi family has found their new home there. Their son Sinan grew up in Hesse with his German adoptive mother and now lives and works in Berlin. Almost invisible and very precise is the camera in »My Father. My uncle. «Whenever Sinan encounters the family, the language, religion and culture of his ancestors - it is the discovery of a strange world, an alternative life that he would have lived if he had grown up with his brothers. For Sinan's parents, he has always been part of the family. They have longed for the return of their prodigal son all their lives and now they accept him with unconditional love. They make plans, dream of a life together in Iraq and sometimes make suggestions for their future wife. In fact, it would be nice if Sinan converted to Islam . "My father. My uncle. «Shows with great humor the clash of two cultures within a family.
Festival participation
- 2009 Zurich Film Festival
- 2009 International Leipzig Festival for Documentary and Animated Film (DOK Leipzig)
- 2009 Dubai International Film Festival
- 2009 Independent FilmFest Osnabrück
- 2009 FILMZ Festival of German Films Mainz
- 2010 Attention Berlin! - new berlin film award
- 2010 Documentary Edge International Film Festival New Zealand
- 2010 London International Documentary Film Festival
- 2010 Budapest Dialektusz Film Festival
Awards
- 2009: Babelsberg Media Awards (nominated)
- 2009: Gold Panda Awards, Chengdu, China (nominated)