Private Project

All we chose to believe in

Disillusioned with life, the late thirties Tolga visits his hometown in the Ruhrgebit and finds himself in the kitchens and living rooms of his shattered family present. He stoically counters the subtle attempts of the others to include him in their own unavoidable life plans with his own attitude. But gradually a feeling of rootedness spreads in him...

  • Övünç Baran Güvenışık
    Director
  • Övünç Baran Güvenışık
    Producer
  • Simona Kostova
    Producer
  • Ceylan Ataman-Checa
    Producer
  • Jörg Daniel
    Producer
  • Tolgahan Kaftan
    Key Cast
    "Tolga"
  • Alfred Hartung
    Key Cast
    "Driver"
  • Sercan Bilinç Güvenışık
    Key Cast
    "Brother"
  • Güneş Arslan
    Key Cast
    "Aunt"
  • Yadigar Uzun
    Key Cast
    "Yadigar"
  • Alexander Gregor
    Key Cast
    "Mr. Fünders"
  • Ayfer Atay
    Key Cast
    "Mother"
  • Övünç Baran Güvenışık
    Writer
  • Project Title (Original Language):
    Alle glauben fest daran
  • Project Type:
    Short, Student
  • Runtime:
    29 minutes 16 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    January 2, 2022
  • Production Budget:
    5,000 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    Germany
  • Country of Filming:
    Germany
  • Language:
    German, Turkish
  • Shooting Format:
    digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    1:1,87
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    Yes - Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin
  • Max Ophüls Preis
    Saarbrücken
    Germany
    January 22, 2022
    World Premiere, German Premiere
  • Achtung Berlin
    Berlin
    Germany
    September 4, 2022
    competition medium length film
Director Biography - Övünç Baran Güvenışık

Övünç Baran Güvenışık, born in Ankara, Turkey, emigrated with his family to Germany in 1986. After graduating from high school in Duisburg, he began studying sociology in Munich. After gaining his first experience in the field of film in Istanbul under Metin Gönen, he began studying film directing at the German Film and Television Academy in Berlin. During this time, he was involved in various positions in the realization of films such as "Such Sweet Meadow" (2018/Dramaturgy), "thirty" (2019/leading role) and "Sebastian jumps fences" (2020/production).

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Director Statement

We look at ourselves. Where are we standing? Where are we going? Which ground, which space do we enter, to create a home? How could this have happened? We look back in pain.
There's something.