English title: Murat B. - Lost in Germany Subtitle: Verloren in Deutschland Year: 2009 Length: 01:33:00 Categories: Film / TV / Video, documentary drama
Project type: Vordiplom
Murak Bektas (32), the son of Turkish guest workers, lives on unemployment pay and dreams of a better future and a happy family life. But due to his long-time unemployment, he is quite far away from that. He doesn’t manage to gain a foothold in the working world and is constantly troubled by financial and family problems. Demoralized by his daily struggle for life, family problems, and a deep identity crisis, Murat takes a crucial decision… This experimental documentary-movie makes use of fictional and real elements. Fictional characters develop a life of their own, creating their own reality. The combination of different medial means lets the audience embark on a quest for their own subjective truth.
Collaboration:
Regie: Bijan Benjamin Konzept: Bijan Benjamin, Soner Ulutas Kamera: Yan B. Peter Ton: Sabine Stephan Schnitt: Omid Zamani Musik: Daniel Werner
Supervision:
Prof. Verena Rudolph, Prof. Thomas Bauermeister
Authors:
Bijan Benjamin
A production of the Academy of Media Arts Cologne.