International Competition
Elbow / Ellbogen
Screening Schedule
Screening 1
- 14th December
- 11.30 am
- Kairali
Screening 2
- 16th December
- 12.00 pm
- Tagore
Screening 3
- 18th December
- 6.15 pm
- Kalabhavan
Asli Özarslan
Director's bio
Asli Özarslan
Born July 19, 1986 in Berlin, Aslı Özarslan studied from Theater and Media at the University of Bayreuth from 2007-2011 and philosophy and sociology at the Université Sorbonne IV in Paris. This was followed by editorial work for 3sat Kulturzeit, ZDF, ARD foreign studio in Warsaw. She attended film workshops in Israel and Turkey. From 2012-2017 she studied documentary film directing at Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg. In 2014 she received the Deutschlandstipendium, in 2015 the Akademie der Künste scholarship in the film and media art section and in 2017 the scholarship of the Tarabya Cultural Academy in Istanbul. In 2023 she was invited by NETFLIX for a talent workshop in Prague. INSEL 36 (2014) and her diploma film DIL LEYLA (2016) won international and national awards. Her current debut feature film project ELBOW (2024) has its world premiere at the 74th Berlinale in the Generation section.
Synopsis
Hazal's biggest dream: to be given a chance at a future outside of her parents' bakery. For her 18th birthday she wants to escape the everyday grind and party with her friends in Berlin. But a fatal incident changes everything, and Hazal is forced to flee to Turkey, a country unknown to her. There, she has to survive on her own, no matter what the cost.
Details of Cast
Melia Kara – Hazal Jamilah Bagdach – Elma Asya Utku – Gül Nurgül Ayduran – Ebru Doğa Gürer – Mehmet Mina Özlem Sagdic – Semra Jale Arikan – Sultan Ali-Emre Sahin – Onur Ercan Karacayli – Salih Idil Baydar (Gilet Ayse) – Frau Göktan Shadi Eck – Mahdi Halil - Haydar Sahin Ömer Kuzu - Orhan Kiliç Katrine Eichberger – Frau Meyer Jörg Pintsch – Lars Immer/Ladendetektiv Denis Riffel - Thorsten
Details of Crew
Camera: Andac Karabeyoglu Editing: Ana Branea, David J. Achilles Sound: David Almeida-Ribeiro, Andreas Radzuweit Music: Délphine Mantoulet
Producer Details
Jamila Wenske, Achtung Panda!
Writer Details
Claudia Schaefer, Aslı Özarslan
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- Homage (4)
- World Cinema (63)
- Country Focus (7)
- Indian Cinema Now (7)
- Kaleidoscope (6)
- Malayalam Cinema Today (12)
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- Jury Films (5)
- Opening Film (1)
- Spirit of Cinema (1)
- Ann Hui: Chronicler of the Outliers (5)
- The Female Gaze (7)
- Signatures In Motion (3)
- Midnight Cinema (3)
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- Chiaroscuro : Retrospective of Madhu Ambat (4)
- Celebrating Shabana Azmi (5)
- Centennial Tribute (3)
