Movies: Majid Bakhtiari

Xatar’s way from the ghetto to the top of the charts is as dramatic as it is daring: Fatih Akin’s new film is based on the autobiographical novel »Alles oder Nix« (»All or Nothing«) of the probably most authentic exponent of German gangsta rap. From ...

Zeynep has caused a traffic accident in Berlin. She escapes to her parents’ home in Turkey where her self-destructive and sexually assertive behaviour infuriates more than just her family. Looming above them like a portent is the dormant volcano Arar...

The imprisoned Iranian women’s rights activist Maryam is allowed to meet her family for seven days. Her husband and children beg Maryam to flee with them instead of returning to prison but she has not yet made her decision....

Iran 1979. The Islamic Revolution is shaking up the country. Dissident Omid, who lived for several years in the German Democratic Republic with his wife, chemical engineer Beate and their mutual daughter, hears the call from his homeland and returns ...

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BITTER tells the story of a dysfunctional family and their inability to communicate....