Short Film, 2018
Nomination »Deutscher Menschenrechts-Filmpreis 2020«
SCREENPLAY
Cengiz Akaygün
Duc-Thi Bui
DIRECTOR
Cengiz Akaygün
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR
Duc-Thi Bui
PRODUCER
Philipp Lutz
THE MANDARIN TREE
»After her father is arrested for political reasons by the Turkish government, little Sirin is finally allowed to visit him in prison for the first time. When a prison official interprets her painting of a bird as an anarchistic symbol and confiscates it, the girl is devastated, but her father encourages her to believe in the freedom of thought. For her second visit, she paints a "harmless" mandarin tree. – Will her hidden message be discovered?«
SCHLINGEL Film Festival for Young Audience, Chemnitz, Germany, Oct 6th 2018
> Winner »Short Feature Film Award National«
FLICKERFEST International Short Film Festival, Sydney, Australia, Jan 14th 2019
> Winner »Special Jury Prize«
AUSTIN Film Festival, Texas, USA, Oct 27th 2018
> Official Competition
SR Socially Relevant International Film Festival, New York, USA, March 13th 2019
> Winner »Best Narrative Short«
EAT MY SHORTS – Film Festival Hagen, Germany, Nov 9th 2018
> Winner »Best Film«
FILMSCHAU Baden-Württemberg, Stuttgart, Germany, Dec 8th 2018
> Winner »Best Short Film«
BUNTER HUND International Short Film Festival, Munich, Germany, March 10th 2019
> Winner »Best Film«
International Young Audience Film Festival ALE KINO!, Poznan, Poland, Dec 6th 2018
> Winner »The Marcin Award for the Best Short Film for Youth«
GOLDEN KNIGHT – Malta International Short Film Festival, Valletta, Malta, Dec 1st 2018
> Winner »Golden Knight Trophy«
UK Film Festival, London, UK, Nov 23rd 2018
> Official Competition
BIBERACHER Filmfestspiele, Germany, Nov 2nd 2018
> Official Competition
SPOKANE International Film Festival, USA, Feb 2019
> Official Selection
Riga International Short Film Festival 2ANNAS, Riga, Latvia, Nov 28th 2018
> Official Competition
