Duvarlar-Mauern-Walls: Elle (2002)

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DUVARLAR-MAUERN-WALLS (2000)

83 minutes, in Turkish, German, English (original with subtitles)

ENGLISH:
Duvarlar-Mauern-Walls, is a trilingual (Turkish, German, English) documentary about a moment in the recent history of the largest minority in re-unified, post-Wall Berlin, the immigrant community from Turkey, as witnessed by a Turkish filmmaker from the United States. In the aftermath of the fall of the Berlin Wall and the unification of the two Germanys, 1991 was the year when anti-foreigner violence in Germany was becoming too visible to ignore. 1991 was also the 30th anniversary of the beginning of the migration from Turkey to Germany. In this film, immigrants from Turkey talk about their past, present, and possible future, reflecting on what the opening of the Wall and the unification of the two Germanys meant for them and how increasing hostilities are affecting their sense of belonging in the new Germany. Duvarlar-Mauern-Walls, is the view from the periphery by a filmmaker who is simultaneously an insider and an outsider.

DEUTSCH:
"Duvarlar-Mauern-Walls" ist ein dreisprachiger Dokumentarfilm (türkisch, deutsch und englisch), der eine Periode der jüngsten Geschichte betreffend die größte in Berlin lebende Minderheit nach der Wiedervereinigung darstellt : die türkische immigrierte Gemeinschaft wird hier von einem türkischen Filmemacher von Amerika aus dargestellt. In der Zeit nach dem Mauerfall und der deutschen Wiedervereinigung zichnete sich insbesonderedas Jahr 1991 als ein Jahr aus, in dem sich die Xenophobie und die Gewalt verstärkte, eine solche Gewalt, das man vor ihr nicht mehr die Augen schließen konnte. 1991 ist auch das Jahr des dreißigsten Gaburtstags vom Anfang der türkischen Einwanderung nach Deutschland. In diesem Film sprechen immigrierte Türken über ihre Vergangeheit und ihre Gegenwart und wie sie sich ihre Zukunft in Deutschland vorstellen. Sie stellen sich Fragen über die Folgen des Mauerfalls und der ihr folgenden Wiedervereinigung und auch über diese feindlichen Taten die sich natürlich auf ihre Integration in das neue Deutschland auswirken.

TÜRKÇE:
‘Duvarlar-Mauern-Walls’, birleşik, ‘duvar sonrası’ Berlin’in en kalabalık azınlığı olan göçmen Türkiyeli toplumun yakın tarihindeki bir anı konu alan, Amerika’dan gelen Türkiyeli bir sinemacının yaptığı üç dilli (Türkçe, Almanca, İngilizce) bir belgeseldir. Berlin duvarının yıkılması ve iki Almanya’nın birleşmesinden sonra, 1991 yılı Almanya’da yabancılara yöneltilen saldırıların artık gözardı edilemeyecek boyutlara ulaştığı bir yıldı. 1991, aynı zamanda da Türkiyelilerin Almanya’ya göçünün başlamasının 30. yılıydı. Bu filmde Türkiyeli göçmenler, geçmişleri, bugünleri ve gelecekleri, duvarın yıkılmasının ve Almanya’nın birleşmesinin onlar için ne anlama geldiği, artan saldırılar karşısında Almanya’ya aidiyet duygularını nasıl etkilediği konularında konuşuyorlar. ‘Duvarlar-Mauern-Walls’ hem içeriden, hem de dışarıdan biri olan bir sinemacının, durumun Türkiyeli azınlık açısından nasıl göründüğünü yansıtmasıdır.

FRANÇAIS:
"Duvarlar-Mauern-Walls" est un documentaire trilingue (turc, allemand, anglais) qui retrace une période de l'histoire récente de la plus grande minorité vivant dans le Berlin post-Réunification : la communauté immigrée turque, observée ici depuis les Etats-Unis par un cinéaste turc. Dans la période qui a suivi la chute du Mur de Berlin et la Réunification allemande, l'année 1991 a été caractérisée par un renforcement de la violence xénophobe en Allemagne, une violence sur laquelle il n'était plus question de fermer les yeux. 1991 marquait aussi le trentième anniversaire des débuts de l'immigration turque en Allemagne. Dans ce film, des Turcs immigrés parlent de leur passé, de leur présent et du futur qu'ils envisagent, s'interrogent sur les conséquences de la chute du Mur et de la réunification qui a suivi, ainsi que sur ces actes d'hostilité qui affectent leur intégration dans la nouvelle Allemagne.

SELECTED SCREENINGS

Filmreihe Tüpisch Türkisch, Cologne, Germany, 14 February 2020
LiWu in der Frieda 23, Rostock, Germany, 13 February 2020
Crocevia di Sguardi, Cecchi Point, Turin, Italy, 13 November 2019
Conne Island, Leipzig, Germany, 7 November 2019
Hochschule für Gestaltung (HfG), Offenbach, Germany, 8 November 2019
4. Berliner Herbstsalon, East Side Gallery, Berlin, Germany, 5 November 2019
Stiftung Berliner Mauer, Berlin, Germany, 30 October 2019
SAVVY Contemporary, Berlin, Germany, 2 October 2019
Haymat-Migrationskonferenz, Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung, Kulturzentrum Pavillon, Hannover, Germany, 6 April 2019
Immersion, Palast der Republik, Berliner Festspiele, Berlin, Germany, 9 March 2019
#faktischabgeschafft, Desi Nürnberg, Nuremberg, Germany, 12 February 2019
The Block Museum of Art, Migrating Berlin: Multinational Perspectives on Germany’s Years of Reunification, Northwestern University, Evanston, USA, 25 Jan. 2019
Seminar on “Transnational mobility in schools”, University of Bremen, Bremen, Germany, Dec. 2018
NSU-Tribunal, Mannheim, Germany, 22 Nov. 2018
Finissage ‘Bizim Berlin 89/90’ Exhibit, Märkisches Museum, Berlin, Germany, 16 Sep. 2018
Wiesbaden Biennale, Wiesbaden, Germany, 28 Aug. 2018
Ausstellung "Sequenzen - Erinneung – Wechsel: Den NSU-Komplex kontextualisieren." Klapperfeld Ex-Gefängnis, Frankfurt, Germany, 26 March 2018
Berliner Landeszentrale für politische Bildung, Berlin, Germany, 26 Feb. 2018
Kino im Sprengel, Hannover, Germany, 9 Nov. 2017
The Tribunal unraveling the NSU-Komplex (the GROTTE of the Schauspielhaus Köln), Cologne, Germany, 19 May 2017
DIE ÄSTHETHIK DES WIDERSTANDS – PETER WEISS 100 EIN FESTIVAL DES HAU HEBBEL AM UFER FILMREIHE, Berlin, 7 October 2016
"(M)Eine Heimat Berlin?", Neuköllner Leuchtturm, Berlin, 2 October 2015
Halle (Saale), Germany screening by "Jusos" (young socialists), 19 March 2015
The Jewish Museum Berlin: "WHAT BELONGS TOGETHER IS NOW GROWING TOGETHER?) Viewpoints on the 25th Anniversary of the Fall of the Berlin Wall, 6 November 2014
Gruppe ARA in Kooperation mit der Rosa-Luxemburg-Initiative Bremen, Germany, 27 November 2013
globale 2013 Film Festival, Berlin, Germany, 13 April 2013
Kasseler Dokfest, Kassel, Germany, 15 November 2012. (Excerpts with Mauern 2.0)
6th International Labor Film and Video Festival, Istanbul, Turkey, 3 May 2011 & 7 May 2011.
Migration et Rencontre des cultures dans le Cinéma documentaire de Turquie (Migration and Cultural Encounters in Documentary Cinema of Turkey), Université de Strasbourg, France, 26 April 2011.
The American University in Cairo's Cairo Documentary Festival, Egypt, 21 March 2011.
Seminar about critical perspectives on historical-political education at Bielefeld University, Germany, 29 January 2011.
7th German-Turkish Psychiatry Congress, Berlin, Germany, 24 September 2010.
“Beyond Belonging: Translokal”, Ballhaus Naunynstrasse, Berlin, Germany, 9 November 2009.
“1989 - Globale Geschichten/Global Histories”, Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin, Germany, 22 & 26 February 2009.
4th Human Rights Symposium, Bogaziçi University Social Service Club, Istanbul, Turkey, 10 May 2006.
10th International Cultural Studies Symposium: “When ‘Away” Becomes ‘Home’, Cultural Consequences of Migration”, Ege University, Izmir, Turkey, 5 May 2005.
Rencontres internationales Paris/Berlin 2003 (www.art-action.org), Berlin, Germany, 11-22 November 2003.
The 2003 MESA (Middle East Studies Association) FilmFest, Anchorage, Alaska, USA, 6-9 November, 2003.
“Official Selection”, 2. European Documentary Film Festival, Norwegian Film Institute, Oslo, Norway, 31 March – 6 April 2003.
Rencontres internationales Paris/Berlin 2003 (www.art-action.org), Paris, France, 18-28 February 2003.
Society for Visual Anthropology Screenings at the 101st American Anthropological Association (AAA) Conference, New Orleans, USA, 23 November 2002.
“Official Selection”, The 2002 Pennsylvania Film Festival, Scranton, PA, USA, 17 November 2002.
7th European Association of Social Anthropologists (EASA) Conference, Copenhagen, Denmark, 15 August 2002.
International Institute of East Bay, Oakland, CA, USA, 12 June 2002.
Assembly of Turkish Student Associations - DC, George Washington University Marvin Center, Washington, DC, USA, 14 May 2002.
The Middle East Center, University of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA, USA, 9 May 2002.
Department of Cultural and Social Anthropology, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA, USA, 6 May 2002.
Department of German, University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA, 26 April 2002.
Department of Sociology, Koç University, Istanbul, Turkey, 23 November 2001.
"Official Selection", 4th International Meeting of Cinema & History Festival, Turkish Foundation of Cinema and Audiovisual Culture (TURSAK), Istanbul, Turkey, 21 November 2001.
Mithat Alam Film Center, Bogaziçi University, Istanbul, Turkey, 7 & 21 November 2001.
AKAF/Arbeitskrei für Ausländerfragen, Zurich, Switzerland, 22 September 2001.
AKAF/Arbeitskrei für Ausländerfragen, Aarau, Switzerland, 22 September 2001.
Social Anthropology Seminar, Department of Social Anthropology, Yeditepe University, Istanbul, Turkey, 6 June 2001.
Galatasaray University, Istanbul, Turkey, 24 May 2001.
“Nationalism and Racism” Seminar, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey, 23 May 2001.
Cinema at Bilgi, Bilgi University, Istanbul, Turkey, 30 March 2001.
Theatrical run: EisZeit Kino, Berlin, Germany, 1-14 February 2001.
Social Science Seminar, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Koç University, Istanbul, Turkey, 7 December 2000.
Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin, Germany, 11 November 2000.
7th International Association of Middle Eastern Studies Congress, Free University, Berlin, Germany, 7 October 2000.
World Premiere: 4th German-Turkish Psychiatry Congress, Antalya, Turkey, 7 September 2000.

In Memoriam

Necati Gürbaca:
DuvarlarMauernWalls filmim aracılığı ile tanıdığım ve filme katılımıyla bana büyük destek vermiş olan, Berlinli Türkiyelilerin yakından tanıdığı, sendikacı, politikacı, sanat ve kültür elçisi olarak bilinen Necati Gürbaca 10 Aralık 2002 tarihinde 69 yaşında yaşamını yitirdi. Anılarımda ve filmimde yaşıyor...

Kemal Kurt:
DuvarlarMauernWalls filmimin araştırması sırasında tanıştığım, dostluğu ve fotoğrafları ile filme büyük destek vermiş olan fotoğrafçı ve yazar Kemal Kurt 21.10.2002 tarihinde Berlin'de yaşamını yitirdi. Anılarımda ve filmimde yaşıyor...

Yüksel Korkut:
DuvarlarMauernWalls filmimin çekimleri sırasında tanıştığım, dostluğu ve kameramanlığı ile filme büyük destek vermiş olan kameraman arkadaşım Yüksel Korkut Temmuz 2011'de Berlin'de yaşamını yitirdi. Anılarımda, kalplerimizde ve filmimde yaşıyor...

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Elle (2002)

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