ORAY
Oray strives to be a better person but struggles with his shady past. His dream of being a good Muslim and the perfect husband is suddenly shattered while arguing with his wife. Oray goes to Cologne, where he tries to rebuild his life in a new Muslim community. But he is constantly torn between his faith, everyday reality and identity.
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Director
MEHMET AKIF BÜYÜKATALAY was born in Bad Hersfeld in 1987. He studied Film and Literature at the Academy of Media Arts Cologne and was a scholar of the German National Scholarship Foundation. His films include: HOW I LEARNED TO HATE SKIING (short, 2008), ÖMER, THE LORD (short, 2012), BEFORE THE GATES OF IJTIHAD (short, 2013), SCENES OF A YOUTH (short, 2014), THE BUTCHER (short, 2015), and his feature debut ORAY (2019).
photos © filmfaust/Christian Kochmann-
Genre
Coming-of-Age Story, Drama, Love Story -
CATEGORY
Feature -
YEAR OF PRODUCTION
2019 -
DIRECTOR
Mehmet Akif Büyükatalay -
SCREENPLAY
Mehmet Akif Büyükatalay -
CINEMATOGRAPHY
Christian Kochmann -
CAST
Zejhun Demirov, Deniz Orta, Cem Göktaş, Ferhat Keskin, Faris Yüzbaşıoğlu, Fırat Bariş Ar, Mikael Bajrami, Kais Setti -
PRODUCERS
Bastian Klügel, Claus Reichel -
CO-PRODUCER
Mehmet Akif Büyükatalay -
PRODUCTION COMPANY
filmfaust, in co-production with Kunsthochschule für Medien Köln (KHM), ZDF Das kleine Fernsehspiel -
RUNTIME
100 min -
LANGUAGE
German, Turkish, Romani -
FESTIVALS
Berlinale 2019, Lecce 2019, Istanbul 2019, Crossing Europe Linz 2019, Ankara 2019, Seattle 2019 -
AWARDS
Götz George Best Newcomer Award 2018, GWFF Best First Feature Award Berlinale 2019, Golden Olive Tree Lecce 2019, Special Mention (Zejhun Demirov) Linz 2019 -
SALES
Pluto Film Distribution Network
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