Gegen die Wand (Head-On)

In Head-On , Sibel's family burns all of her pictures, in effect denying she has ever existed to protect their own "honor";.... ... Full Review

Head-On won the Golden Bear at the Berlin Film Festival in 2004. ... Full Review

But it doesn't explain why this film about two strangers with suicidal tendencies and a deep commitment to self-aggrandizing drama is the first very good movie of this very young year. Despite the tears, the blood and the booze, "Head-On" is a hopeful film, if for no other reason than Cahit and Sibel can't be sized up or pinned down, their troubles filed under immigration and assimilation. ... Full Review

An uncompromising and hard-hitting love story, Head-On is the story of two misfits, who inspire each other to find a new life.....There are incongruous images as Sibel....Head-On is anything but slightly ponderous mainstream entertainment.....The storyline delivers sharp u-turns when you least expect it, making this tough film brave....That's the key to the film's exceptionally powerful story..... ... Full Review

This movie feels felt from the inside out, loves its battered couple and refuses to explain like a social worker what is all too painfully obvious. ... Full Review

Film festival juries sometimes have a rush of sanity. Good sense goes to their heads, like new wine into old bottles, and the bouquet can nearly knock a festivalgoer out. ... Full Article

PHOTO CREDIT Jaimie Painter Young In 2004, Head-On became the first German film in 18 years to win the prestigious Golden Bear Award at the Berlinale Film Festival. ... Full Article

From the Chicago Reader A marriage of convenience becomes a tragic romance in this enveloping 2004 German drama by Fatih Akin, whose Turkish ancestry and German upbringing inform the story's clash of cultures. ... Full Article

Macedonian-born Mitko Panov's The War Is Over has become the first project to go into production after being developed at the Babylon programme promoting cultural diversity in Europe. ... Full Article

HAMBURG, Germany FATIH AKIN has earned the right to be a little exasperated about the constant focus on his Turkish-German identity. "Imagine I'm a painter, and we speak more about the background of the paintings than the foreground of the... ... Full Article

Buoyed by attractive and timely themes of transnationality and globalisation, as well as more ancient themes of the relations between parents and children, international sales should be good. ... Full Article