TWO AT THE BORDER

by Tuna Kaptan, Felicitas Sonvilla

    Synopsis

    Two young men smuggle refugees to European ground. While the Turkish border is still porous, Greece barricades its borders with European support. Thermographic cameras, fences, coastguard ships. The guys pack, they move, sometimes they make it, sometimes they don't. The rent was due last week.

    Festivals

    2013
    Duisburger Filmwoche
    Nominated for Best Student Documentary - IDFAmsterdam

    2014
    Special Jury Mention LatinArab Buenos Aires
    1. Jury Award Unlimited Festival Cologne
    Short Film Week Regensburg
    Akbank Short Film Festival Istanbul
    Dioraphte Encouragement Award - Go Short International Short Film Festival Nijmegen
    Ca Foscari Film Festival Venice
    Sehsuechte International Student's Film Festival Potsdam
    DOK.fest Munich
    Essa Short Film Award - Ethnocineca Vienna
    Krakow Film Festival
    Tau Film Fest Tel Aviv
    Special Jury Award - Documentarist Istanbul
    Duhok International Film Festival 2014
    PriMed Marseille

    2015
    Special Jury Mention Talca Festival Chile

    2018
    Ruhrtriennale