April Children
Direction: Yüksel Yavuz
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zero one film in Coproduction with ZDF.
Funded by FilmFörderung Hamburg GmbH.
Rental: Ventura Film
World Distribution: Telepool
World Premiere: Oct 1998, Filmfest Hamburg
Cinema premiere: Jan 28, 1999
Content
The film tells the story of three Kurdish siblings of an immigrant family, who try to find their place in between their old and new home, in between a familiar and a completely new culture.
Awards
Baden-Baden TV Film Festival(Germany), 1999
Special Award
Berlin & Beyond FilmfestivalSan Fransisco (US), 2000
First Feature Award
Max Ophüls Award (Germany), 1999
Audience Award
Max Ophüls Award (Germany), 1999
nominated for the Max Ophüls Award