When We Leave

Name of Film	When We Leave (2010)
Original Title	Die Fremde
Director	Feo Aladag
Country	Germany
Language	German
Mins	119 mins
Format to be screened
Festival & Awards	The film won Best Narrative Feature at the 9th Tribeca Film Festival, Best Film at the 37th Ghent Film Festival in Belgium, the European Parliament's Lux Prize, and was selected as the German entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 83rd Academy Awards,[1][2][3][4] but it didn't make the final shortlist.[5] Internationally, the film has won the following awards:[6] 60th German Film Awards, Germany 2010 Best Leading Actress, Sibel Kekilli Best Film – Lola In Bronze 60th Berlin International Film Festival, Germany 2010 Europa Cinema Label Award 9th Tribeca Film Festival, USA 2010[7] Best Actress, Sibel Kekilli Best Film, World Narrative Feature Competition LUX Film Prize 2010, Film Prize Of The European Parliament, Europe 2010 Best European Film New Faces Award, Germany 2010 Best Debutfilm, Feo Aladag 20th German Camera Prize, Germany 2010 Best Camera, Judith Kaufmann, Bvk 15th German/Turkish Film Festival Nuremberg, Germany 2010 Best Actress, Sibel Kekilli 32nd Créteil Womens Film Festival, France 2010 Best Film – Audience Award 1st Recklinghausen Film Festival, Germany 2010 Best Film Bernhard Wicki Film Prize, Germany 2010 German Cinema Award For Peace, Sibel Kekilli For When We Leave 20th Cologne Conference, Germany 2010 German Casting Award 2010, Ulrike Mueller 11th Video Champions Awards, Germany 2010 Video Champion Artist Award, Sibel Kekilli For When We Leave 11th Calgary International Film Festival, Canada 2010 Best International Feature 37th Flanders International Film Festival Ghent, Belgium 2010 Port Of Ghent Audience Award Best Film 39th Festival Du Nouveau Cinéma De Montréal, Canada 2010 Best Actress, Sibel Kekilli 23rd Panorama Of European Cinema In Athen, Greece 2010 Best Film - International Jury Award 34th São Paulo International Film Festival, Brazil 2010 Best Film Defa Foundation, Germany 2010 Award To Support Artistic Talent, Feo Aladag 25th Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival, Usa 2010 Best Film 10th International Film Festival Marrakech, Morocco 2010 Best Performance For The Entire Cast Award 21st Diva - German Entertainment Award 2011, Germany 2011 Jury Award - Best Art Direction Of The Year 2010, Feo Aladag 22rd Premiers Plans Film Festival In Angers, France 2011 European First Feature Films - Audience Award 18th Victoria Film Festival, Canada 2011 Best Feature German Film Critics Awards 2010, Germany 2011 Best Film - Feo Aladag Best Debut Film - Feo Aladag Best Screenplay - Feo Aladag Best Actress - Sibel Kekilli Best Cinematography - Judith Kaufmann Best Editing - Andrea Mertens Best Score - Max Richter Und Stéphane Moucha Die Goldene Zwiebel Esslingen 2010, Germany 2011 Best Debut - Feo Aladag Best Leading Actress - Sibel Kekilli
Producer	Feo Aladag
Synopsis	When We Leave (German: Die Fremde) is a 2010 German drama film, produced, written and directed by Feo Aladag, which highlights the problem of honour killings by depicting the drama of a Turkish family living in Germany. Umay is a young woman of Turkish descent, fighting for an independent and self-determined life in Germany against the resistance of her family. Her struggle initiates a dynamic, which results in a life-threatening situation. (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1288376/)
Note on Director	Feo Aladag is an Austrian film director, screenwriter, producer, and actor. Aladag was born in Vienna, Austria in 1972. She began her film career as an actress, completing her training in London and Vienna from 1990-1995. While studying acting she also completed a masters in Psychology and Journalism, continuing on to receive her Doctorate of Philosophy in 2000. She acted in numerous film and television productions while attending master-classes and directing seminars at the European Film Academy and the German Film and Television Academy. During this time she also maintained a career as a successful scriptwriter and commercial film director; directing various spots for Amnesty International and writing scripts for the German television series Tatort.[1] Her 2010 film When We Leave was selected as the German entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 83rd Academy Awards,[2] but didn't make the final shortlist.[3]
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Trailer Link	http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IbwFmUgEhys
Sources	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/When_We_Leave