Gulîstan - Land of Roses and House without Roof awarded at the Duhok IFF

At the 4th Duhok International Film Festival we received two awards. GULÎSTAN - LAND OF ROSES by Zayne Akyol received the award for Best Kurdish Documentary. HOUSE WITHOUT ROOF by Soleen Yusef which was mainly shot in Duhok and surrounding areas, convicnced the local audience. Yusef's debut film received the Audience Award.

House without Roof wins Special Grand Prix of the Jury in Montreal

HOUSE WITHOUT ROOF won the Special Grand Prix of the Jury at the 40th Montreal World Film Festival . We are honored and very happy. Special congratulations to Soleen Yusef (writer & director), producer Jana Raschke and executive producer Mehmet Aktas. 

House without Roof invited to Montreal World Film Festival

HOUSE WITHOUT ROOF by Soleen Yusef is invited to Monreal World Film Festival where the film is going to be presented internationally for the first time on 30.08.2016. The film is selected for the main competitive section "World Competition". Fingers crossed for young director Soleen Yusef and her HOUSE WITHOUT ROOF.

House without Roof nominated for first steps awards

HOUSE WITHOUT ROOF is nominated twice for the prestigious First Steps Award. Congratulations to writer and director Soleen Yusef for being nominated in the category "Best Feature Film". We are also happy to announce that Producer Jana Raschke is nominated for the "No Fear award which honors the best production. The ceremony takes place on the 19th September in Berlin.

Gulîstan, Land of Roses wins Doc Alliance Award at Locarno IFF

We are proud of Zaynê Akyol who received the Doc Alliance Award for Gulîstan, Land of Roses which was co-produced by mîtosfilm. The prestigious documentary award was bestowed at Locarno International Film Festival yesterday evening. Congratulations to the Canadian-Kurdish director. 

House Without Roof invited to Filmfest München

Thanks to Filmfest München which invited our feature film HOUSE WITHOUT ROOF to compete in the section NEW GERMAN CINEMA. Fingers crossed for the director Soleen Yusef and producer Jana Raschke.

first shooting day in kurdistan for VOR DER SPERRE

After a successful shooting in Cologne the second shooting block for our feature narrative VOR DER SPERRE starts today. We wish the entire team and especially the director Peter Ott a great time in Duhok, Iraqi Kurdistan.

GERMAN CINEMA RELEASE FOR MEMORIES ON STONE

We are happy to announce the German cinema release for MEMORIES ON STONE by Shawkat Amin Korki.

Babylon - Berlin: 09.04.2016

Moviemento - Berlin: 14.04.2016

Orpfeos Erben - Frankfurt am Main: 28.04.2016

KOKI - Hannover: 19.05.2016

Brotfabrik Kino - Berlin: 26.05.2016

Shooting Start for VOR DER SPERRE by Peter Ott

On Monday the 11th of April we finished the first shooting day in Cologne for our new narrative feature film VOR DER SPERRE written and directed by Peter Ott. The shooting locations are the MMC Studios in Cologne and Kurdistan Regional Government Iraq. The main female character MARTINA is played by the German actress Catrin Striebeck, the main male part is played by the German actor Christoph Bach. 

We are happy to work with our co-producers MMC Movies Cologne (Bastie Griese and Philip Borbély), WDR, HR/arte and a special thanks to our supporters Film-und Medienstiftung NRW, Filmförderung Hamburg Schleswig-Holstein and Deutscher Filmförderfonds.

Memories on Stone is Best International Film at Antalya Film Festival

Mehmet Aktas, writer and producer of MEMORIES ON STONE was very happy to receive the award for "Best International Film" at the Antalya Film Festival. The feature film by Shawkat Amin Korki also celebrated its Turkish premiere in Antalya. Congratulations to the director and the entire crew and cast.