Fatih Akin
Fatih AKIN is a German and Turkish film director, screenwriter and producer. He attended the University of Fine Arts of Hamburg to study visual communications and graduated in 2000. His films have won numerous awards, including the Golden Bear at the Berlin Film Festival for his film Head-On (2004), Best Screenplay at the Cannes Film Festival for his film The Edge of Heaven (2007) and the Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film for his film In the Fade (2017).
Filmography
Sensin-Du bist es!/Sensin-You’re the One! (1995, short), Getürkt/Weed (1996, short), Kurz und schmerzlos/Short Sharp Shock (1997), Im Juli/In July (2000), Wir haben vergessen zurückzukehren (2000, doc), Solino (2002), Gegen die Wand/Head-On (2004), Crossing the Bridge: The Sound of Istanbul (2005), Auf der anderen Seite (2007), Soul Kitchen (2009), The Cut (2014), In the Fade (2017), Rheingold (2022), Amrum (2025)
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Fatih Akin at IFFR
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Amrum
Fatih Akin | 93' | Germany | Dutch Premiere
The end of Nazi Germany seen through the eyes of a young boy on a North Sea island. -
Crossing the Bridge: The Sound of Istanbul
Fatih Akin | 92' | Germany | None
The maker of Gegen die Wand follows the bassist of Einsturzende Neubauten in a catchy and committed quest for the diversity and cultural variety of… -
Im Juli
Fatih Akin | 100' | Germany | -
Light and romantic road-movie, filmed in several of Central Europe’s most ‘filmgenic’ landscapes. When the hopelessly boring Daniel meets the stunning -
Planet der Kannibalen
Hans-Christoph Blumenberg | 90' | Germany | International premiere
In a black & white world, cartoonesque characters take up arms against nonsensical aliens. Topical satire on the battle for the ratings in the form…