EXILE NEVER ENDS
Germany 2024 – Director: Bahar Bektaş – Original language: German, Turkish – Subtitles: English – Length: 100 min.
“The longing for your homeland never goes away,” says the filmmaker Bahar Bektaş. Her brother is in prison in Germany. He is supposed to be deported and is waiting for the early transfer to Turkey he has requested. Because there seems to be no end to the waiting, Bahar turns her camera on her Alevi Kurdish family and examines the consequences of being uprooted. Ina Borrmann
Winner of FFF Talent Award Documentary Film
Donated by FilmFernsehFonds Bayern, worth 5.000 euros
To the jury statement
Biography
Bahar Bektaş was born in Dersim, Turkey, and fled to Germany at the age of nine. She is a trained social pedagogue and completed a master’s degree in screenwriting / dramaturgy at Babelsberg Film University. EXILE NEVER ENDS is her debut as a director.
In cooperation with
Nominated for the FFF Talent Award Documentary Film
Former DOK.forum Marketplace project
No youth rating
Writer: Bahar Bektaş. Camera: Antonia Kilian, Meret Madörin. Sound: Lara Brose. Editing: Arash Asahi. Production: Pink Shadow Films. Producer: Antonia Kilian.
