- KEBAB
CONNECTION
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- Directed by
Anno Saul
- Screenplay
by Fatih Akin, Ruth Toma, Jan Berger, Anno Saul
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- Cast:
Nora Tschirner, Denis Moschitto, Guven Kirac, Hasan Ali Mete, Sibel
Kekilli, Adnan Maral
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- 2004,
96 minutes
- In
German with English subtitles
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- Tuesday,
November 1, 2005 at 7:30pm
- Wednesday,
November 2, 2005 at 3:00pm
- (Screened
with An Eye for A Tooth)
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- Brattle Theater
40 Brattle Street
Harvard Square, Cambridge
- Validated parking at University Place Garage and Charles Square Garage
- Director ANNO SAUL:
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 Anno Saul was born in 1963 in Bonn. He initially studied at the Jesuit College for Philosophy in Munich, followed by studies from 1985-1990 at the Academy of Television & Film, also in Munich. He made his first television film,
"Entführung für Anfänger, in 1987. His short film "Unter Freunden" received the Max Ophüls Award and his debut feature film
"Grüne Wüste" won the Audience Award at the Cinequest Film Festival in San José.
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Selected Filmography:
Kebab Connection (2005)
Die Novizin (2002)
Grüne Wüste (The Green Desert, 1999)
Zur Zeit zu zweit (1998)
Flirt mit Folgen (Blind Date, 1998)
Alte Liebe, alte Sünde (1997)
Und morgen fängt das Leben an (1996)
Unter Freunden (1988)
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- Synopsis:
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- Kebab Connection is a
comedic tale of two fast food stands - one Turkish, the other Greek
- a frustrated filmmaker, the coolest commercial of all time, intercultural love, forbidden romance and
the local mafia! The young Turkish hip-hopper Ibo wants to make the first German
Kung-Fu film, so he practices by making an extremely successful commercial spot for his uncle’s kebab stand. Everything seems to be going his way until his girlfriend tells him she’s pregnant ...
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- Festivals and Awards:
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- Brooklyn
International Film Festival (2005)
- Festival
of German Cinema, Spain (2005)
- Raindance
East Film Festival, U.K. (2005)
- Festival
of German Films, Australia (2005)
- Febiofest,
Czech Republic (2005)
- Turkish-German
Film Festival, Germany (2005)
- Berlin
International Film Festival (2005)
- Göteborg
Film Festival (2005)
- Tromso
International Film Festival (2005)
- Max
Ophüls Film Festival, Germany (2005)
- Lünen
Film Festival, Germany (2004)
- Hofer
Film Days, Germany (2004)
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