TRAILER


INBETWEEN WORLDS is commercially available on DVD and Blu-ray and digital via iTunes and Amazon.

Content on Blu-ray/DVD:
– Feauture Film
– Press Conference at Berlinale with Feo Aladag and Ronald Zehrfeld (41’32)
– Interviews with Feo Aladag and the main actors (8’38)
– Behind the Scenes (3’36)
– Original Trailer (2’15)
– Photo Gallery
– Teaching Materials in the ROM area of DVD
– Subtitles for the hearing impaired
– Audio Film for blind and partially sighted people

Configuration
Audio: German | Dolby Digital 5.1 (on Blu-ray: DTS-HD Master Audio)
Image: 16:9 (2.35:1) (on Blu-ray: 1080p/24)
Length Feature Film: 98’29 minutes (on Blu-ray: 102’35 minutes)
Bonus Material: approx. 56 minutes
MPAA: Parental Guidance Suggested





SYNOPSIS

German soldier Jesper signs up for a mission in Afghanistan, despite having lost his brother during an operation in the war-torn country. Jesper and his squad are assigned to protect a village outpost from increasing Taliban influence. With the help of young and inexperienced interpreter Tarik, Jesper seeks the trust of the local community and the allied Afghani militia. More than ever, he discovers the immense differences between the two worlds. When the lives of Tarik and his sister Nala are threatened by the Taliban, conflicted Jesper is torn between his military obligations and his conscience.

CAST

JESPER

TARIK

NALA

HAROON

COLONEL HAAR

Ronald Zehrfeld

Mohsin Ahmady

Saida Barmaki

Abdul Salam Yosofzai

Burghart Klaußner

OLI

TECKL

PETZE

SEPP

ZIA KHAN

Felix Kramer

Pit Bukowski

Tobias Schönenberg

Roman-Timothy Rien

Abdul Sabor Rasooly

JESPER
Ronald Zehrfeld

TARIK
Mohsin Ahmady

NALA
Saida Barmaki

HAROON
Abdul Salam Yosofzai

COLONEL HAAR
Burghart Klaußner

OLI
Felix Kramer

TECKL
Pit Bukowski

PETZE
Tobias Schönenberg

SEPP
Roman-Timothy Rien

ZIA KHAN
Abdul Sabor Rasooly

CREW

Produced, written & directed by

Director of Photography, Co-author

Screenplay Co-writer, Security and Intercultural Advisor

Production Designer

Costume Designer

Make-up

Original Sound

Gaffer

Editor

Sound Design

FEO ALADAG

JUDITH KAUFMANN

MATTHIAS KOCK

SILKE BUHR

GABRIELA REUMER

PAULA LEUPOLD

MAX THOMAS MEINDL

TIMM BRÜCKNER

ANDREA MERTENS

GUIDO ZETTIER

Music by

Additional Music by

ReRecording Mixer

Consulting

Security and Military Advisor

Production Manager

Production Coordinator

Line Producer

Commissioning Editors

Co-produced by

JAN A.P. KACZMAREK

KARIM SEBASTIAN ELIAS

STEFAN KORTE

RALPH THIELE, STRATBYRD CONSULTING

MARTIN LANG

LUCAS MEYER-HENTSCHEL

EMILIE TRUCKENBRODT

KARSTEN AURICH

DANIEL BLUM, ANDREAS SCHREITMÜLLER, OLAF GRUNERT

HANS W. GEISSENDÖRFER

Produced, written & directed by
FEO ALADAG

Advisor, Screenplay co-writer
MATTHIAS KOCK

Director of Photography
JUDITH KAUFMANN

Production Designer
SILKE BUHR

Costume Designer
GABRIELA REUMER

Make-up
PAULA LEUPOLD

Original Sound
MAX THOMAS MEINDL

Editor
ANDREA MERTENS

Music by
JAN A.P. KACZMAREK

Additional Music by
KARIM SEBASTIAN ELIAS

Sound Design
GUIDO ZETTIER

ReRecording Mixer
STEFAN KORTE

Gaffer
TIMM BRÜCKNER

Production Manager
LUCAS MEYER-HENTSCHEL

Production Coordinator
EMILIE TRUCKENBRODT

Line Producer
KARSTEN AURICH

Commissioning Editor
DANIEL BLUM

Commissioning Editor
ANDREAS SCHREITMÜLLER

Commissioning Editor
OLAF GRUNERT

Co-Produced by
HANS W. GEISSENDÖRFER


With support from
FILMFÖRDERUNGSANSTALT FFA
MEDIENBOARD BERLIN-BRANDENBURG
FILM- UND MEDIENSTIFTUNG NORTH RHINE-WESTPHALIA
NORDMEDIA- FILM- UND MEDIENGESELLSCHAFT LOWER SAXONY/BREMEN
GERMAN FEDERAL FILM FUND
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT COMMISSIONER FOR CULTURE AND THE MEDIA BKM
EU MEDIA-PROGRAMM

INBETWEEN WORLDS was shot on location in northern Afghanistan, around the cities of Mazar-e-Sharif and Kunduz as well as in North Rhine-Westphalia, Lower Saxony and Mecklenburg Pomerania.

Produced by
INDEPENDENT ARTISTS ©

Co-produced by
GEISSENDÖRFER FILM- UND FERNSEHPRODUKTION
and
ZDF / ARTE

STILLS

MAKING-OF

AWARDS & FESTIVALS

64th Berlin International Film Festival, Germany 2014
COMPETITION

5th Recklinghausen Film Festival, Germany 2014
COMPETITION

19th German/Turkish Film Festival Nuremberg, Germany 2014
COMPETITION

6th CPH PIX Film Festival Copenhagen, Denmark 2014
FACES OF WAR (Krigens Ansigter)

10th Festival of German Film Ludwigshafen, Germany 2014
LICHTBLICKE

8th Golden Apricot Yerevan Film Festival, Armenia 2014

18th SEHENSWERT Budapest – New Features from Switzerland, Austria and Germany, Hungary 2014
OPENING FILM

4th TRANSATLANTYK – Poznan International Film & Music Festival, Poland 2014

19th Aichi International Women’s Film Festival, Japan 2014
OPENING FILM

10th Berwick Film Festival, England 2014

16th Mumbai Film Festival, India 2014

38th São Paulo International Film Festival, Brazil 2014

51st International Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival, Turkey 2014

14th Festival of German Films in Buenos Aires, Argentina 2014

21st Adana Golden Boll Film Festival, Turkey 2014

40th SIFF`s Women in Cinema Festival Seattle, USA 2014

1st Orcas Island Film Festival, USA 2014

19th Festival of German Films in Paris, France 2014

5th Internationales Festival of Film Producers REGIOFUN, Poland 2014

Festival of German Cinema Nowosibirsk, Russia 2014

Annual Festival of German Films, Los Angeles 2014

3rd Evolution Mallorca International Film Festival, Spain 2014

16th International Film Festival Bratislava, Slovakia 2014

36th International Film Festival Havana, Cuba 2014

Festival International du Film d´Arras, France 2014

18th Festival of German Film, Singapore 2014

2nd Festival of German Film, China 2014

Bangalore International Film Festival, India 2014

Trivandum International Film Festival, India 2014

Chennai International Film Festival, India 2014

18th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival, Estonia 2014

Beogradski fismski Festival – FEST, Serbia 2014

Ciclo de cinema Aleman Barcelona, Spain 2014

Muestre de Cine Europeo La Paz, Bolivia 2014

22nd Plus Camerimage – International Film Festival, Poland 2014

Film Festival „Made in Germany“ Tiflis, Georgia 2014

14th Brussels Mediterranean Film Festival, Belgium 2014

Festival of German Film St. Petersburg, Russia 2014

German Film Week „Berlinale 2014“ Riga, Latvia 2014

European Union Film Festival Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 2014

Movies on War Film Festival, Norway 2014

26th Palm Springs International Film Festival, USA 2015

27th Festival Premiers Plans d´Anger, France 2015

9th Vancouver International Women in Film Festival, Canada 2015

13th Pune International Film Festival, India 2015

KINO – Mostra de Cinema de Expressao Alema, Portugal 2015

Berlin & Beyond Film Festival San Francisco, USA 2015

Berlin & German Film Days, Lithuania 2015

Berlin & Movies That Matter FF in Den Haag, Netherlands 2015

Berlin & 17th Festival de Cine Alemán Madrid, Spain 2015

Berlin & 18th Shanghai IFF, China 2015

Espoo Ciné Film Festival, Finland 2015

64th Berlin International Film Festival, Germany 2014
COMPETITION

64th German Film Awards, Germany 2014
PRESELECTION

27th European Film Awards 2014, Latvia 2014
PRESELECTION

4th German Director´s Award METROPOLIS, Germany 2014
PRESELECTION

19th Film Festival Turkey/Germany Nuremberg, Germany 2014
COMPETITION

22nd CAMERIMAGE International Film Festival of the Art of Cinema, Poland 2014
COMPETITION

VGF-Newcomer Producer´s Award, Germany 2014
NOMINATION

13th German Audio Film Award, Germany 2015
NOMINATION

13th German Audio Film Award, Germany 2015
BEST FILM CATEGORY CINEMA

5th Recklinghausen Film Festival, Germany 2014
SPECIAL PRIZE

38th Mostra Internacional de Cinema / Sao Paulo Film Festival, Brazil 2014
JURY PRIZE „BEST FEATURE – NEW DIRECTORS“

3rd Evolution Mallorca International Film Festival, Spain 2014
BEST ACTOR – MOHSIN AHMADI
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY – JUDITH KAUFMANN

PRESS

“INBETWEEN WORLDS has the power to shape the image of this war for years.”
Der Spiegel

“The on location shoot in northern Afghanistan, around the cities of Mazar-e-Sharif and Kunduz, has given a richness of detail to Feo Aladag’s film – above all in the description of the everyday life of the locals and the soldiers in a permanent state of exception – as it has rarely been seen.”
Süddeutsche Zeitung

“Superb images and actors. A very strong and award worthy film – very close to reality.”
ZDF heute journal

“The highlight of this years Berlinale: Feo Aladag and her strong movie INBETWEEN WORLDS! …Very intense, very atmospheric, very convincing!”
Leipziger Volkszeitung

“A very strong film about responsibility and conscience. An important cultural contribution to the imminent disengagement of the German army from Afghanistan.”
3sat Kulturzeit

“An awakening film… while most filmmakers choose a secure country with a similar landscape to shoot in, 42-year-old Feo Aladag and her crew decided to film on location in Kunduz and Mazar-i-Sharif. This authenticity and the outstanding performance of the actors make up the charm of this film. The heat with temperatures up to 55 degrees, the fear of the soldiers during their military operations, the difficult communication with the Afghan allies, the almost hopeless situation of the local interpreters – all that is clearly transmitted to the audience. Aladag’s film is not superficially asking about the purpose of the German army’s mission. She wants to open the view on the people who have to put the political decisions into practice every day. The helplessness from all sides becomes perceptible… After her drama about honour killing with Sibel Kekilli in the leading role, Feo Aladag again successfully implements a politically delicate subject. She met her impressive Afghan main actor Mohsin Ahmady accidentally in a village close to Mazar-i-Sharif…”
FOCUS

“A masterpiece!”
Brigitte

“INBETWEEN WORLDS was the fourth German contribution in this years Berlinale competition. And it was certainly the most captivating of all the German films. It is a film from which you can hardly escape as a spectator. A film that asks the spectator to take a position. Which continues to have an effect after it ends. Feo Aladag has taken the only reasonable path to cover a story about Afghanistan. She shows the daily routine of the German soldiers and their moral conflicts. She also demonstrates how they sometimes get carried away, how they sometimes act in an unrestrained way. But she also shows how they try to help and to conciliate.”
Deutsche Welle

“Stirring and moving.”
Frankfurter Neue Presse

“Thanks to INBETWEEN WORLDS, German cinema sparkles at this year’s Berlinale. … Feo Aladag is not trying to take a position. She rather shows the status quo – with all its conflicts… Feo Aladag draws a clear picture of the present situation in Afghanistan in INBETWEEN WORLDS. A situation only very few people know about and even less are interested in. The daily routine of German soldiers, which lays in a cleavage between instructions and the pressing cultural circumstances, is described in a very realistic way. The question if the mission really changes something, or if it makes the situation even worse, is raised. Feo Aladag doesn’t recommend to take one or another position. But she asks for attention. Her unprejudiced view on the local society deserves this attention – as well as a war, which is marked by a shadowy existence in the German society.”
Handelsblatt

“Deeply touching. With a huge political and human importance.”
ZDF heute

“A consequent and remarkable movie.”
Programmkino.de

“The film forcefully shows why there are misunderstandings on both sides… A powerful film about the German military mission and the responsibility it brings along. INBETWEEN WORLDS succeeds in giving us an understanding of the dilemma in a way that news images cannot.”
ZDF Aspekte

“The film receives a Berlinale Bear because it gets to the core of a world of which we barely know more than what daily news media show us.”
ttt- titel, thesen, temperamente, ARD

“INBETWEEN WORLDS has the power to shape the image of this war for years to come.”
Der Spiegel

“Aladag cleverly interweaves two narratives with impressive images and little dialogue.”
Stuttgarter Zeitung

“After WHEN WE LEAVE, Feo Aladag’s second feature also convinces with impressive acting and a tight script. An incredibly important and striking film about the constant balancing act between the worlds.”
FBW – Deutsche Film- und Medienbewertung

“A clever film!”
Bild

“Powerful topic, brilliant images: a must-see! … With her second film, Feo Aladag proves that her celebrated directing debut WHEN WE LEAVE was not just a chance hit. With INBETWEEN WORLDS she tells a strong story, perfectly cast, where the conflicts and tensions are graspable. …A film with magnificent and authentic images, one can tell that it was shot on location. There are worlds between Aladag’s film and Mark Wahlberg’s war action that is also set in Afghanistan but was shot in the US. Germany scores.”
TV Spielfilm

“Special, consistent, remarkable!”
Biograph

“Utterly insightful!”
B.Z.

“Very, very thrilling. … Feo Aladag succeeds in showing fantastic images. The audience can notice, feel and gets taken along by the fact that this film was shot in Afghanistan. An important and interesting film!”
radioeins

“Intense, multilayered psychodrama with vivid images. Authentic and moving. … A forceful story about alienation and trust.”
TV Digital

“Distressingly realistic with a high degree of authenticity. A captivating war drama – worth seeing!”
TV Movie

“Authentic and moving!”
hörzu

“The film delivers a special cinema experience. Author, director and producer Feo Aladag took on the risk to shoot her story about war and the clash of cultures on location. This authenticity can be felt in every second oft he movie and develops a shimmering intensity one can barely escape from.”
Zitty

“After her directorial debut WHEN WE LEAVE, Feo Aladag continues her surprising success with a film combining elements of the war movie with those of the political thriller. An immensely dense psycho program of the life in war zones arises from this interaction.”
FILMSTARTS

“Impressive!”
WAZ

“For her new film, director Feo Aladag took the risk of going to Afghanistan. It was worth it! … Captivating, intense and thoughtful!”
Freundin

“INBETWEEN WORLDS will potentially shape the public image of the German Army’s engagement in Afghanistan for the coming years.”
loyal

“Red-hot!”
Madame

“Feo Aladag succeeds in making a film that the vividly shows the dilemma of the Afghanistan mission.”
Kölner Illustrierte

“A thematically and stilistically rich filmic approach with perspective. Worth seeing.”
Ruhrnachrichten

“A tackling, thought-provoking film that is very worthy of discussion.”
Hans-Ulrich Pönack

“INBETWEEN WORLDS is a nuanced story, stylishly shot with a good deal of integrity” which „should attract international arthouse audiences intrigued by the added weight of a German military presence in a modern battle zone.”
“With war films such as „The Hurt Locker“ shot outside their location, her Afghanistan shoot is one of the few to put boots on the ground, and all credit to her and her team.”
Screen Daily

“…territories are bound to appreciate the realism and muscular shooting by a woman director and crew (shades of Kathryn Bigelowand Zero Dark Thirty) on location in northern Afghanistan. … The immediacy and tension with which Aladag conveys the daily life of the soldiers is something to take home.”
The Hollywood Reporter

“INBETWEEN WORLDS is a sensitive corrective to more partisan war dramas” and the “film’s visual palette, as well as its marriage of classic melodrama with contempo grit, is most strongly reminiscent of Susanne Bier´s earlier work; if seen in the right places, it’s slick enough to potentially secure her an English-language assignment.”
Variety

“It´s interesting to see a war movie from a female perspective. There are explosions, but it´s really not about the explosions. Rather, it´s about what connects people through war and how soldiers who are told to follow orders at all costs sometimes just can´t do it.”
WOMEN AND HOLLYWOOD

“Excellent!… INBETWEEN WORLDS aroused great enthusiasm in the competition of the Berlinale… A top notch staged film…the director shows the human and cultural tensions in a very accurate way.”
Translation of a German article in NZZ – Neue Zürcher Zeitung (Switzerland)

“For the first time, German cinema dares to tell a war story about its own army, about the current, not the past – without reservations and blandishing!”
Translation of a Spanish article in EL MUNDO (Spain)

“It’s political, it’s timely, it’s depressing, it’s unhappy, it’s a damn well made military thriller – what more could a Berlinale Jury ask for!”
Alexfarbafilm.com

“Aladag stages the hard everyday reality of the soldiers and fighters in a very effective and realistic way.”
Translation of a French article in La Libre (France)

“An important and worth seeing film …free of pathos…The film is a crucial contribution to the debate in which the new German Ministry of Defence von der Leyen invites the country to assume larger international responsibility.”
Translation of a German article in NZZ – Neue Zürcher Zeitung (Switzerland)

“The movie is characterised by intensity, confidence and the director’s talent for story telling. It shows someone is an expert in their trade when they do not feel the need to explain everything and can still lend a complex depth to characters without putting too many words into their mouths.”
Translation of a French article in Cineuropa (France)