5 wins & 2 nominations
- 2005 Winner Silver Leopard
- Eddy Géradon-Luyckx (producer)
- Donato Rotunno (producer)
- Eric Tavitian (producer)
- Yilmaz Arslan (director/producer)
- 2005 Nominee Youth Jury AwardTwo young people escape their native Turkey for a better life but come up against the same problems that forced them to leave their native country: principally that of the Turkish-Kurdish conflict. The violence that breaks out is not justifiable but also cannot be condemned. The profound message of the film is this : the impossibility to draw a line between what is right and what is wrong. The director puts this complex problem under the lens, without sentimentality and with a sustained rhythm. The non-professional actors understood how to express the pain, pushing the spectator to reflect on these themes.
- 2005 Winner Prize of the Ecumenical Jury - Special MentionFRATRICIDE provocatively confronts the burning European question of refugees. The setting is Germany, the people the Kurds. Yilmaz Arslan combines a complex plot about two brothers with scenes of visceral violence as well as a tender picture of caring friendship. His film is both an accusation against racism and neglect and a plea for common humanity and decency.
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