New Feature Film by Ayse Polat

The year 2020 welcomes us with new productions. So we are looking forward to the shooting of Ayse Polat's New Feature Film Project, which will start at the end of the year. The film is a cinema co-production with WDR and has already received production funding from Filmförderung Hamburg Schleswig-Holstein.

The EXAM is shot !

 We solemnly announce that the shooting for the new feature film THE EXAM by Shawkat Amin Korki has been completed in December 2019. Now we are looking forward to seeing the film in the cinemas  soon!

Reseba-The Dark Wind on DVD!

Reseba-The Dark Wind by Hussein Hassan is now available on DVD, including German, English, French and Turkish subtitles!

You can purchase it through EZEF, who also supported the production of this film.

THE UGLY KING and HOUSE WITHOUT ROOF IN AMSTERDAM

We are happy to announce that THE LEGEND OF THE UGL KING as well as HOUSE WITHOUT ROOF will be screening at the Kurdish Filmdays in Amsterdam this weekend

HOUSE WITHOUT ROOF by Soleen Yusef: 25th of May
THE LEGEND OF THE UGLY KING by Hüseyin Tabak: 26th of May

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"THE MILAN-PROTOCOL" wins German Film Critcs Award in the Music Category

We are pleased to announce that Ted Gaier was awarded the German Film Critics' Prize in the Music Category by the German Film Critics Association (VdFk) for his work on "The Milan-Protocol" on 11 February 2019! 

"The MILAN-PROTOCOL" nominated in three categories PREIS DER DEUTSCHEN FILMKRITIK

Peter Otts Film  THE MILAN-PROTOCOL was nominated in the three categories Best Actress Catrin Striebeck ,Best Script and Best Music   for Preis der deutschen Filmkritik 2018 !

Iran-Premiere of "The Legend of the Ugly King"

Our film The Legend of the Ugly King by Hüseyin Tabak celebrated its Iran-Premiere at the Cinema Verite - Iran International Documentary Film Festival on 10th of December 2018.

international premiere of THE MILAN-PROTOCOL in Liverpool

Peter Ott's THE MILAN-PROTOCOL will celebrate its international premiere at the Liverpool Film Festival on 13 October 2018.

We are glad that the film has been selected for this year's festival programme in Liverpool.

 

Honorable Price for Mehmet Aktas' work with mitosfilm in Sulaimani (KRG)

We are glad to announce that Mehmet Aktas (producer and founder of mîtosfilm) has received a special award in recognition of his work with mîtosfilm and therefore his activities and impact on the Kurdish Filmmaking at the Sulaimani Film Forum.
The prize was awarded by Qubad Talabani, the Vice Prime Minister of the Kurdistan Regional Government.

Following the award ceremony the screening of the mitosfilm production about the legendary Kurdish filmmaker Yilmaz Güney, The Legend of the Ugly King by Hüseyin Tabak, took place.

Many thanks for this honorable award, which we appreciate a lot!

Another Award for "The Legend of the Ugly King"

We are delighted to announce that Hüseyin Tabak received the award "Best Historical Documentary" at the International Documentary Film Festival BEYOND THE BORDERS (Castellorizo, Greece) for his documentary about the legendary kurdish filmmaker Yilmaz Güney, THE LEGEND OF THE UGLY KING.

Many thanks to the whole festival!