One year after its premiere at the Berlinale Festival, WHEN WE LEAVE was awarded with the following prizes from the “Deutsche Filmkritik e.V.”: Best Feature: WHEN WE LEAVE by Feo Aladag Best Debut: Feo Aladag for WHEN WE LEAVE Best Actress: Sibel Kekilli in WHEN WE LEAVE Best Script: WHEN WE LEAVE by Feo Aladag Best Cinematography: Judith Kaufmann for … Read More
Feo Aladag received the DIVA-jury prize in the category “Best Director of the Year”
Jury’s statement: “With her drama WHEN WE LEAVE, director, author and producer Feo Aladag builds a unique bridge between the cultures. With the story about honour killing and a young woman (Sibel Kekili) who has been disowned by her family, Feo Aladag contributes profoundly to mutual understanding.”
WHEN WE LEAVE has been nominated sevenfold for the prize of „Deutsche Filmkritik e.V.“ (‘German Film Critics’)
Yesterday, the Association of the German Film Critics announced that WHEN WE LEAVE has been nominated for seven different prizes. The ceremony will take place during the coming Berlin International Film Festival. We are so excited!
WHEN WE LEAVE receives LUX FILM PRIZE 2010 in the category “Best European Film”!
Yesterday, the European Parliament in Strasbourg awarded Feo Aladag with the LUX prize for WHEN WE LEAVE. Helag Trüpel, Vice president of the culture committee of the European Parliament said: „“WHEN WE LEAVE is a stirring drama about the entanglement in a Turkish family in Berlin, about the contradiction between the emancipated demand of the main character to live an … Read More
WHEN WE LEAVE is nominated for the FIPRESCI Prize
The Film Critics Association FIPRESCI nominated Feo Aladags WHEN WE LEAVE for the “EUROPEAN DISCOVERY” prize. This award honours young and upcoming directors for their first European film.
WHEN WE LEAVE goes in the race for the Oscars for Germany!
WHEN WE LEAVE by Feo Aladag has been put forward as the German candidate for the Oscar for best foreign film. This decision was made by the specialist jury of “German Films”, the national information and advisory center for the promotion of German films worldwide. In its statement, the jury described its decision with the following words: “WHEN WE LEAVE … Read More
