DIRECTED BY
Cem Kaya
WRITTEN BY
Cem Kaya & Mehmet Akif Büyükatalay
YEAR
2022
with
Ismet Topçu
Metin Türköz
Yüksel Özkasap
Cem Karaca
Cavidan Ünal
Cartel
Muhabbet
AŞK, MARK VE ÖLÜM // LOVE, DEUTSCHMARK AND DEATH is a documentary film about the independent, and as of yet, unknown music of emigrated Turkish guest workers and their grandchildren in Germany. In a musical and essayistic form, Cem Kaya shares insights into the unique liveliness of this forgotten subculture
2022 | GER| documentary | 2K | 1:85:1 | 5.1 | 96 min | english title: Love, Deutschmarks and Death | german title: Liebe, D-Mark und Tod
a FILMFAUST / FILM FIVE production in co-production with WDR, RBB collaboration with ARTE funded by BKM, DFFF, FFA, FILM- UND MEDIENSTIFTUNG NRW and supported by GERMAN FILMS cinema distribution by RAPID EYE MOVIE World Sales by TASKOVSKI FILMS
AWARDS
72. Berlinale – The Audience Award of the Panorama
Dokufest 2022 – Audience Award
Unerhört! Musikfestival 2022 – Audience Award
IndieLisboa 2022, Portugal – IndieMusic Award
Documentarist Istanbul 2022, Turkey – Fipresci Award
Dok.Fest.Munich – Documentary Film Award of Goethe Institut
Dokka Film Festival – Main Award
German Film Critics Award – Best Documentary
German Film Critics Award – Best Editing
Grimme Award 2024