60 Min., HD, Istanbul 2011
Movie about an arts tour organized by the Goethe-Instiut Istanbul
Official selection at the following festivals:
- World Premiere at the 16th Filmfestival Turkey/Germany, Nürnberg, Germany, March 2011
- 30th Istanbul Film Festival, Republic of Turkey, April 2011
- 16th Boston Turkish Arts and Culture Festival, Documentary and Short Film
Competition, U.S.A. December 2011, awarded Special Mention
Directed and Edited by Sabine Küper-Büsch and Thomas Büsch
This film is produced within the scope of the European Literature goes to Turkey – Turkish Literature goes to Europe project, conceived and implemented by the Goethe-Institut in collaboration with Anadolu Kültür. This project forms part of the EU-Turkey Civil Society Dialogue: Cultural Bridges Programme for EU–Turkey Civil Society Dialogue funded by the European Union.
Featuring: Hakan Köroglu, Claudia Dollinger, Claudia Hahn-Raabe, Hristo Karastoyanov, Jutta Richter, Zafer Senocak, Dumitru Tsepeneag, Perikles Monioudis, Ágnes R. Várkonyi, Petros Markaris, Günter Grass, Yasar Kemal, Ayse Kulin, Mario Levi, Murat Uyurkulak and Bozhana Apostolova
Cinematography: Thomas Büsch, Sabine Küper-Büsch and Gökhan Acun
Assistant: Giorgio De Battisti (Venice), Lena Hinterhölzl (Istanbul), Kezban Iscan (Duisburg/Istanbul)
Workshop: Dinc Erem Tapa, Selim Eyüboglu, Thomas Büsch and Sabine Küper-Büsch
Music by Mercan Dede Ensemble – “Sounds of Love”, Livio Minafra, Konstantin Wecker, Rolf Zielke & Mustafa Boztüy, Mevlana – Alchemist Symphonic Poem with Sertab Erener, Melo-M, Dario Moreno, Fatima Spar and the Freedom Fries and Ensemble Modern – “into Istanbul”
Subtitles: Fügen Ugur, Laimdota Mazzarins
Project Director: Claudia Hahn-Raabe, Goethe-Institut Istanbul
Project Coordinator: Claudia Dolling, Çigdem Ikiisik, Tijen Akman and Marion Schnelle
Languages: German, Turkish, English, Romanian, Bulgarian, Hungarian
With English Subtitles
