English title: Before the Gate of Ijtihad Year: 2013 Length: 00:16:00 Categories: Film / TV / Video, feature film
Project type: 1. Projekt
Four Muslim friends meet in the woods to pray together in peace and to chat over a cup of tea. The friendly harmony is broken when Seydi is outed and the group spirals into arguments about Islam, sin and belief, about forgiveness and punishment—as Seydi also demands that his friends carry out just punishment, so that he can step before Allah in a pure state.
Collaboration:
Regie und Buch: Mehmet Akif Büyükatalay Schauspiel: Erol Afsin, Harun Büyükaltay, Baris Öztürk, Mehmet Akif Büyükatalay Kamera: Christian Kochmann Ton: Tim Gorinski, Halit Ruhat Yildiz Schnitt: Mehmet Akif Büyükatalay Tonmischung: Gerald Schauder Produktionsleitung: Bastian Klügel Regieassistenz: Miriam Gossing Ausstattung: Claus Reichel Kameraassistenz: Nora Daniels
Supervision:
Prof. Dietrich Leder, Prof. Markus Busch, Andreas Altenhoff
Authors:
Mehmet Akif Büyükatalay
A production of the Academy of Media Arts Cologne.
Molodist International Film Festival, German Shorts Night, Kyiv 2013 (19.10.2013 - 27.10.2013) Up and Down the Horizon (feature film, 2012, 00:15:40) by Sabrina Sarabi Before the Gate of Ijtihad (feature film, 2013, 00:16:00) by Mehmet Akif Büyükatalay Reborn - Real Life Babies (documentary, 2009, 00:04:53) by Fabian Driehorst by Enno Endlicher White Night (feature film, 2012, 00:20:00) by Sabrina Sarabi
Internationale Kurzfilmtage Oberhausen 2014 (01.05.2014 - 06.05.2014) The Blue Car (feature film, 2014, 00:20:00) by Valerie Heine Sunday, Büscherhöfchen 2 (experimental film, 2014, 00:14:00) by Miriam Gossing by Lina Sieckmann by Christian Kochmann Before the Gate of Ijtihad (feature film, 2013, 00:16:00) by Mehmet Akif Büyükatalay Emil (animation film, 2013, 00:05:15) by Simon Steinhorst Die Bergfrau (feature film, 2014, 00:18:00) by Kerstin Neuwirth PLAYHOUSE of A. (documentary, 2013, 00:31:05) by Benjamin Schindler
28.03.2014 - 05.04.2014
Internationales Filmfestival Contravision, Berlin 2014 (28.03.2014 - 05.04.2014) Before the Gate of Ijtihad (feature film, 2013, 00:16:00) by Mehmet Akif Büyükatalay Grizzly (feature film, 2013, 00:08:38) by Arved Lindau Kosherland (feature film, 2013, 00:15:51) by Pyotr Magnus Nedov
Kurzfilmwettbewerb Young Collection, Filmbüro Bremen 2015 (31.10.2015) Sommerkühle (feature film, 2012, 00:06:00) by Jakob Beurle by Facundo V. Scalerandi Before the Gate of Ijtihad (feature film, 2013, 00:16:00) by Mehmet Akif Büyükatalay one other one (feature film, 2005, 00:18:00) by Sandeep Mehta DÄWIT (animation film, 2015, 00:15:00) by David Jansen by Marcus Zilz