Kinofest Lünen Audience Award 2008

EVET, I DO!

EVET, ICH WILL!

Directed by Sinan Akkus

SUNDAY JANUARY 18 3:45PM CASTRO

A bridal shop clearance sale is the commonality that connects four couples in pre-wedding turmoil. In their day nearly sixty years ago, the Turkish shop owners had it easy; their marriage was arranged by their parents. But these days, parents are up against passion and cross-cultural complications: Emrah’s parents expect him to marry a nice Turkish girl. He loves Tim. Kurdish Coskun should not be in love with a Turkish Alawi girl. Dirk’s parents do not want him to love Özlem. And Salih, he has a green card issue. A good-humored comedy with the advice: Just say “evet”. It’s Turkish for “yes”. --Petra Wehle

IN PERSON: Sinan Akkus

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US Premiere

Country
Germany
Year
2008
Run Time
35mm, 90min., German
and Turkish
with English subtitles
Cast
Pinar Erincin
Mickey Hardt
Oliver Korritke
Tim Seyfi
Eralp Uzun
Ingeborg Westphal
Lale Yavas
Idil Üner
Mürtüz Yolcu
Sinan Akkus
Camera
Peter Nix
Screenwriter
Sinan Akkus
Printsource
Luna-Film GmbH
Email
info@lunafilm.de
Awards
Kinofest Lünen 2008:
Audience Award

Director

© Marcel Winterscheid

Sinan Akkus
was born in Erzincan, Turkey, in 1971. He has lived in Germany since 1973, studied philosophy, German language and literature at the University of Kassel from 1992 to 1994, and Visual Communication with special focus on Film and Television at the School of Art and Design Kassel from 1994 to 2000. He was awarded several prizes for his short films LASSIE (2002) and SEVDA HEISST LIEBE (2000). EVET, ICH WILL! (2008) is his first feature fiction film.