PRODUCTION HOUSE.
DRIVEN BY AUTEUR CINEMA, POLITICAL URGENCY AND
HUMAN COMPLEXITY.

"I consider WHEN WE LEAVE one of the best movies I have ever seen. It is Bicycle Thief good, and the kind of movie I like the most: a simple yet meaningful story told without bells and whistles and with a small number of major characters. WHEN WE LEAVE is a remarkable artistic achievement. You must see this film."

-THE HUFFINGTON POST, Joseph Smigelski

Jury members included Hope Davis, Aaron Eckhart, John Hamburg, Cheryl Hines, John Ridley, Gary Ross, Gary Winick

"WHEN WE LEAVE examines one woman’s struggle for personal freedom. It’s a theme often explored, but rarely told with such humanity, subtlety, craftsmanship or immediacy. A riveting and heartbreaking story of a woman trapped in an abusive relationship, confronting not only her marriage but the cultural prejudices that bind her. Through brutality, the film remains a story of tenderness, compassion, family and the human need to love and be loved."

VARIETY, Tribeca Film Festival – Jury Statement (29 April 2010)

"…territories are bound to appreciate the realism and muscular shooting by a woman director and crew (shades of Kathryn Bigelow and 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."

-VARIETY

"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

"Extremely precise… with great power and realism."
-LE FIGARO 

"A sober and hard-hitting drama."
-L’EXPRESS 

"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

"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

"Outstanding! IN BETWEEN WORLDS generated great enthusiasm in the Berlinale competition. A first-classly directed film. The director works with extraordinary sensitivity on the human and cultural tensions."
-NZZ

"For the first time, German cinema dares to tell a war story about its own army — about the present, not the past. And it does so without reservations or whitewashing."
-EL MUNDO

"The film impresses through the intensity of its ellipses, its confidence, and the director’s storytelling talent. One must master one’s craft not to feel obliged to explain everything, while still giving the characters complex depth without excessive dialogue."
-CINEUROPA

"A weighty and highly worth-seeing film. Free of pathos. The film is also a contribution to the debate in which Germany is being called upon to assume greater international responsibility."
-NZZ 

"Truly spectacular. I compliment Ms. Aladag on a great film. I highly recommend this film as a window into a world and an issue not prevalent in the news but very real, relevant and timely."
-FILM GUIDE, Tribeca Film Festival

"This is a film you cannot escape from."
-MILLIYET

"A boundary-breaking film about otherness: WHEN WE LEAVE."
-MILLIYET

"WHEN WE LEAVE is an important movie. It’s so intense, it’s breathtaking, it hurts. Everyone should see this movie. It can make a difference."
-WARIS DIRIE

"It’s a universal story that will connect with audiences. number of major characters. WHEN WE LEAVE is a remarkable artistic achievement. You must see this film."
-THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER

"This is a tremendous and well-crafted film that is astonishing and eyeopening in its content and subject, and quietly revealing in its style of storytelling."
-AWARDS DAILY'S OSCAR COUNTDOWN , Watching Oscar 24/7, Special to Awards Daily, Brian Whisenant