Fatih Akin opens the San Sebastián Film Festival

Ghost Song

The poetic drama was filmed over 43 days in Hamburg, Schleswig-Holstein and Bavaria. Akin co-wrote the script with Ruth Toma (‘Der Junge muss an die frische Luft’). “Ghost Song” was produced by bombero international and Warner Bros. in co-production with Rialto Film. At the heart of the story are Farasha (Mariam Dawoud) and Faris (Eren M. Güvercin), who meet at a graduation party and fall in love at first sight. When Farasha suddenly dies that very same night, an extraordinary love story unfolds between two worlds: she finds a way to meet Faris in his dreams. “Ghost Song” received 900,000 euros in production funding from the MOIN Film Fund.

Gluey Feathers

Salka Tiziana’s short film follows Frida, a Spanish woman, through a harvest season at a nursery in Hamburg. Amidst the greenhouses and vegetable crates, relationships seem to blossom, whilst nature sets its own unfathomable rhythm. The script was written by Salka Tiziana and Tom Otte, who also handled the cinematography. Filming took place over nine days in Hamburg (Vier- and Marschlande). “Gluey Feathers” received 35,000 euros in funding from the MOIN Film Fund.