Almanya: Welcome to Germany

Almanya: Welcome to Germany
Film poster
Directed byYasemin Şamdereli
Written by
Produced by
  • Annie Brunner
  • Andreas Richter
  • Ursula Woerner
Starring
CinematographyThe Chau Ngo
Production
company
Distributed byConcorde Filmverleih (Germany)
Release dates
  • 12 February 2011 (2011-02-12) (Berlin)
  • 10 March 2011 (2011-03-10) (Germany)
Running time
101 minutes
CountryGermany
Languages
  • German
  • Turkish

Almanya: Welcome to Germany (German: Almanya – Willkommen in Deutschland) (Almanya is Turkish for Germany) is a 2011 German comedy-drama film directed by Yasemin Şamdereli.[1][2] The film premiered at the 61st Berlin International Film Festival in the section competition and won the Deutscher Filmpreis 2011 in the categories Best Script and Best Film.

The tragic comedy dramatizes the question of identity and belonging for former Turkish guest workers in Germany and their descendants. The film opened in German cinemas on 10 March and was the fourth most successful German film of 2011 with 1.5 million viewers.

  1. ^ Smith, Ian Hayden (2012). International Film Guide 2012. p. 125. ISBN 978-1-908215-01-7.
  2. ^ "Almanya – Welcome to Germany". calgaryfilm. Archived from the original on 18 April 2012. Retrieved 3 May 2012.