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Yasamin Kiyisinda (The Edge of Heaven) - Turkfest Movie Night
Having made its world premiere at the 2007 Cannes Film Festival where it also won the Best Screenplay Award, Yasamin Kiyisinda (The Edge of Heaven) tells the story of Turkish and German characters who discover their own identities by travelling between the two countries.
Nejat seems disapproving about his widower father Ali's choice of prostitute Yeter for a live-in girlfriend. But he grows fond of her when he discovers she sends money home to Turkey for her daughter's university studies. Yeter's sudden death distances father and son. Nejat travels to Istanbul to search for Yeter's daughter Ayten. Political activist Ayten has fled the Turkish police and is already in Germany. She is befriended by a young woman, Lotte, who invites rebellious Ayten to stay in her home, a gesture not particularly pleasing to her conservative mother Susanne. When Ayten is arrested and her asylum plea is denied, she is deported and imprisoned in Turkey. Lotte travels to Turkey, where she gets caught up in the seemingly hopeless situation of freeing Ayten.
Directed by Fatih Akin
Starring Nurgul Yesilcay, Baki Davrak, Patrycia Ziolkowska, Nursel Kose
2007, 122 minutes, 35mm, Color
Turkish and German with English subtitles
Festivals and Awards:
2008 Cesar Awards (France)
2008 German Film Awards (Germany): Best Picture,Best Director, Best Screenplay, Best Editing
2008 Bavarian Film Awards (Germany): Best Director
2008 German Film Critics Association Awards (Germany): Best Editing
2008 RiverRun International Film Festival (USA): Best Feature, Best Screenplay, Best Actress
2008 Seattle International Film Festival (USA): Emerging Masters Category
2008 Miami Gay & Lesbian Film Festival (USA): Jury Prize for Best Fiction Feature
2008 Santa Barbara International Film Festival (USA)
2008 Atlanta Film Festival (USA)
2007 Cannes Film Festival (France): Best Screenplay
2007 Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival (Turkey): Best Director Best Editing, Best Supporting Actor, Best Supporting Actress, Special Jury Award
2007 Official German Entry for the Oscars: Best Foreign Language Film Category
2007 Cinemanila International Film Festival (The Philippines): Lino Brocka Award in International Cinema
2007 LUX Prize for European Cinema by the European Parliament
2007 European Film Awards: Best Screenwriter
2007 Bangkok International Film Festival (Thailand)
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LocationMOHAI (Museum of History & Industry)
2700 24th Ave. E
Seattle, WA 98112
United States
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