Films by Tuna Kaptan

2017, 30 min
by Tuna Kaptan

European animal protection laws, German Armed Forces foreign operations and a seized turtle, whose shell was painted with the flag of the Syrian rebels. All converge at a reptile rescue centre in Munich, headed by Dr. Markus Baur. A German army specialist is learning how to deal with dangerous reptiles – he must keep calm, catch, neutralize. Meanwhile, Baur informs the turtle's Syrian owner she's unlikely to get her animal back under European species protection law. A multi perspective film in

Germany 2013, 30 min
by Tuna Kaptan, Felicitas Sonvilla

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.