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2025
Amsterdam New Cinema Film Festival
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Director:
Nilgün Akıncı
Filmmaker's profile
Firouzeh and Karim, a Muslim artist couple, visit Worpswede for Firouzeh’s residency. While Karim keeps his distance, Firouzeh struggles with her curator Sasha’s expectations. She must choose: create art that fits the Western mainstream’s narrative or stay true to her own values.
Duration: 24min.
Country: Germany
Language: German, English, Arabic (Levantine), Dari
Year: 2025
Genre: Fiction (Drama)
Topic: Betrayal, Desire, Dream, Feminism, Human Rights, Identity, Immigration, Islam, Literature, Love, Marriage, Middle East Conflict, Myth, Nature, Nostalgia, Otherness, Racism, Relationship, Religion, Romance, Society, Spirituality, Women
Director: Nilgün Akıncı
Production company: Minara Studios
Writer: Nilgün Akıncı
Cinematographer: Kimani Schumann
Editor: Nilgün Akıncı
Actors: Torkan Omari , Mohamed Chahrour , Nadina Memagić , Nuriye Jendroßek , Thomas Ulrich
Sales Agent: Nilgün Akıncı
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