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Teoman’s Our Grand Despair triumphs at Nuremberg

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The 16th Turkey-Germany Film Festival in Nuremberg (March 17-27), which fosters dialogue between the two countries through their respective film output and joint productions, closed with the victory of Seyfi Teoman’s romantic tale Our Grand Despair [+see also:
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, co-produced by Turkish company Bulut Film, Cologne’s unafilm and Amsterdam’s Circe Films. The film, which had its world avant-premiere in competition at the latest Berlinale (see review), won both Best Film in the feature film competition and the Critics’ Prize.

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Best Actress went to actress-director Nicolette Krebitz for her performance in Christoph Hochhäusler’s former Cannes contender The City Below [+see also:
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(see review). Meanwhile, the jury awarded its Special Prize to Aysen Gruda for her supporting role in Sinan Çetin’s Kagit (which also earned her a Golden Orange at the Antalya Festival).

Nik Xhelilaj scooped Best Actor for Johannes Naber’s German/Albanian co-production The Albanian [+see also:
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The Audience Award went to Murat Saraçoglu’s 72. Kogus and the Öngören Prize to Marcus Vetter and Leon Geller for their poignant documentary The Heart of Jenin.

In ten days, the festival welcomed over 10,000 viewers.

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(Translated from French)

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