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Turtle & Albion

Partner: TalentBridge – Cannes 2026

Director: Fitore Muzaqi
Filmmaker's profile

While their mother is absent, Albion has to take care of his little brother Mensur, who suffers from a mysterious illness. They try to ignore the fact that Mensur's health is getting worse. Until Mensur confides a secret to his brother. He is not sick at all - in fact, he is turning into a turtle.

Details

Duration: 18min.

Country: Germany

Language: German

Year: 2025

Genre: Fiction (Drama)

Topic: Brotherhood, Childhood, Children, Coming of age, Crisis, Death, Dream, Family, Fear, Health, Mystery, Supernatural, Teenagers

Cast & Crew

Director: Fitore Muzaqi

Production company: Fitore Muzaqi

Writer: Malte Vogt

Cinematographer: Montell Taraschewski

Editor: Elias Ben Engelhardt

Music: Christian Pössnicker

Actors: Elias Córdoba Pimenidi , Ilkay Yalcin , Svenja Niekerken , Jasmina Al Zihairi

Distributor Company: Christopher Albrodt

Festivals & Awards

2025

Hof International Film Festival Hof International Film Festival Special Mention

Biberacher Filmfestspiele

FILMZ - Festival des deutschen Kinos

Braunschweig International Film Festival

2026

Landshuter Kurzfilmfestival

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