Mitos film

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Mitosfilm is a German film production company and distributor with a focus on young Middle Eastern cinema. The company, which meanwhile also produces films by filmmakers living in Germany, was founded in 2004 by Mehmet Aktaş in Berlin.

program

So far, the distributor has brought films such as Turtles Can Fly (2004), Waiting for the Clouds (2004) and Zwei Mädchen aus Istanbul (2005) to German cinemas . In addition to the distribution of works by Turkish, Kurdish, Iraqi and Iranian auteur cinema, mainly produced and / or. Mitosfilm now also offers feature films by directors from Germany, e. B. Hiner Saleem , Yüksel Yavuz or Athanasios Karanikolas .

With its selection of films by directors such as Yeşim Ustaoğlu , Youssef Chahine and Bahman Ghobadi, the distributor also wants to give German cinema-goers a more authentic picture of life in the Middle East than German-language news broadcasts can.

Filmography

rental

  • Close up Kurdistan (2007)
  • Dol (2007)
  • Traces. The people of Paon
  • Snijeg (2008)
  • Elli Makra - 42277 Wuppertal (2007)
  • In the realm of evil (2007)
  • Chaos (2007)
  • Falafel (2006)
  • Karov La Bayit (2005)
  • Kilometer zero (2005)
  • Turtles Can Fly (2004)
  • Last Minute (2004)
  • Watermelon Ships (2004)
  • Beklerken Bulutlari (2003)
  • Daf (2003)

production

  • The Legend of the Ugly King (2017)
  • House Without a Roof (2016)
  • Gulîstan, Land Of Roses (2016)
  • Memories On Stone (2014)
  • Song Of My Mother (2014)
  • Before Snowfall (2013)
  • Trattoria (2012)
  • No One Knows About Persian Cats (2009)
  • Après La Chute (2008)
  • The Land of Legend (2008)
  • Close up Kurdistan (2007)
  • Dol (2007)
  • Daf (2003)

In production

  • Reseba
  • Something Useful

Prices

The legend of the ugly king

2017 GRANIT Documentary Award - Hof International Film Festival

2018 Öngören Prize for Democracy and Human Rights - Film Festival Turkey / Germany

Memories On Stone

2016 Iraqi Oscars contribution

2015 Best International Film - Antalya Film Festival

2015 Special Jury Award - Asian World Film Festival (Los Angeles)

2015 Best Film from the Arab World - Abu Dhabi Film Festival

2015 Best Film, Best Screenplay, Special Mention of the Critics - Fantasporto Film Festival

2015 Best Feature Narrative - Peace on Earth Film Festival Chicago

2015 Best Narrative Feature, Best Actor (Hussein Hassan), Special Jury Prize for Editing (Ebrahim Saeedi) - RiverRun International Film Festival

2014 Unesco Prize - Asia Pacific Screen Awards

Before Snowfall

2014 Best Nordic Film - Goteborg Film Festival

2014 Fipresci Price - Lecce Festival of European Cinema

Letter To The King

2014 Amanda Award for Best Screenplay - Norwegian International Film Festival

Single receipts

  1. ↑ Instead of Paris-Texas, I prefer Istanbul-Berlin Article from the taz of June 4, 2005
  2. ^ Margret Köhler: That was the 51st Hof Film Festival. In: Kameramann.de. Retrieved April 30, 2018 .
  3. ↑ The juries of the 23rd Turkey Germany Film Festival have decided. In: Film Festival Turkey / Germany. Retrieved April 30, 2018 .

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