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JOURNEY OF NO RETURN
by Esen Isik
The young underground fighter EMINE has fled to Switzerland from her homeland of Turkey, waiting in the transition home for a decision regarding asylum. Torn between memories of the past and the desire to start a new life, she discovers previously suppressed emotions and longings. She falls in love with Peter, a young attendant at the home. When Emine hides an illegal refugee in the home, their friendship is severely tested.
Credits
Year: 2000
Country: CH
Running Time: 42 Min.
Director: Esen Isik
Author: Esen Isik
Producer: Dschoint Ventschr
Co-Producer: SF DRS
Camera: Jutta Tränkle
Editor: Kathrin Plüss
Sound: Beat Hirschi
Gaffer: Alain Chevaillaz
Costumes: Franziska Born
Make-up: Carin Kälin
Set Designer: Monika Pellet
Production Manager: Maya Fahrni
Production Assistant: Elvira Isenring
Cast: Sevinc Yildiz, Stefan A. Kollmuss, Eric Amton Rohner, Hakan Yilmaz, Fusun Demirel, Walter Küng, Catriona Guggenbühl, Cemil Yildirim
Awards Kodak Filmpreis Pardo di Domani, International Film Festival Locarno, 2001
Filmpreis der Stadt Zürich, 2001
Nomination Schweizer Filmpreis, 2002
Studienprämie des Bundesamtes für Kultur, 2002
Nomination Prix Europa, 2002
Festivals 11e Festival du cinéma de Brive, 2014
Film Festival for Schools, 2007
Festival du Court Métrage, Clermont-Ferrand, 2002
9. Festival International Cinema d. Donne, 2002
Films de Femmes Creteil, 2002
Mittelmeer und Sahel Film Festival Luzern, 2003
Rote Fabrik Filmreihe, 2001
European Film Festival Ankara, 2001
Film Festival du Vendome, 2001
International Film Festival Locarno, 2001
Canada Quebec, 2002
Babylonia, Kurdisches Film Festival Berlin, 2003