TWO AT THE BORDER
SHORT DOCUMENTARY
Summer 2012. Two young men smuggle Syrian refugees to European ground. While the Turkish border is still porous, Greece barricades its borders with European support.
Original Title: Nacht Grenze Morgen
Writer/Director: Tuna Kaptan, Felicitas Sonvilla
Producer: University of Television and Film Munich
With: Ali, Naser
DOP: Tim Kuhn
Editor: Ulrike Tortora, Tuna Kaptan, Felicitas Sonvilla
Music: Dimitri Grigoriev
Sound: Tuna Kaptan, Felicitas Sonvilla
Sound Mix: Gerhard Auer
Logline: 'Two At The Border' is a short documentary about two human smugglers at the border between Turkey and Greece.
Awards: Nominated for Best Student Film IDFA 2013
Dioraphte Encouragement Award for Best Short Film Go Short Nijmegen 2014
ESSA Short Film Award Ethnocineca Vienna 2014
Special Jury Award Documentarist Istanbul 2014
Special Jury Mention LatinArab Buenos Aires 2014
1. Jury Award Unlimited Festival Cologne 2014
Special Jury Mention Talca Festival Chile 2015
Festivals: IDFA Amsterdam
Duisburger Filmwoche
Short Film Week Regensburg,
International Film Festival Istanbul
Go Short Nijmegen
Ca' Foscari Venice
Akbank Short Film Istanbul
Ethnocineca Vienna
Hisar Kisa Film Seckisi
DOK.fest Munich
Sehsüchte ISFF Potsdam
Krakow Film Festival
Tau Film Festival Tel Aviv
Documentarist Istanbul
Wendland Shorts
Aegean Docs
Adana Golden Boll Festival
PriMed Marseille
Unlimited Festival Cologne
Cine Migrantes Buenos Aires
Cine Fertil LatinArab FF Buenos Aires
Filmschoolfestival Munich
DokumentArt Festival
Talca Short Film Festival Chile
26th AIFF Ankara
FIDÉ Festival France
Microcinemigrante Sao Paolo
Status: Distribution through HFF Munich
Release: September 2013
Technical Data: Documentary, 30 minutes, DCP, 5.1 Dolby SR
