{"id":1622,"date":"2020-03-21T13:46:01","date_gmt":"2020-03-21T12:46:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.annemisselwitz.com\/?post_type=avada_portfolio&p=1622"},"modified":"2020-03-22T22:44:54","modified_gmt":"2020-03-22T21:44:54","slug":"based-down-south","status":"publish","type":"avada_portfolio","link":"https:\/\/www.annemisselwitz.com\/en\/film\/based-down-south\/","title":{"rendered":"Based Down South"},"content":{"rendered":"

BASED DOWN SOUTH<\/h1>\n

Cinema Documentary | TR\/DE (2010) | 88min<\/h3>\n<\/div>
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They answer the phone as Ralf Becker and Ilona Manzke. Friendly, patient and competent, they work for a company based \u201cdown south\u201d as they explain to customers enquiring as to the business location. But these call center agents who speak perfect German with endearing regional accents are actually based a little further south than their customers might imagine, namely in huge, open-plan air-conditioned of\ufb01ces in Istanbul. German companies from Lufthansa to Neckermann have come here to \ufb01nd quali\ufb01ed staff for low wages. B\u00fclent (30), Murat (39), Fato\u015f (43) and \u00c7i\u011fdem (33) share the memories of their childhood and youth in Germany. Now all of them live in Istanbul, three of them against their will. B\u00fclent was deported \ufb01ve years ago; Fato\u015f and Murat were forced to go to Turkey by their parents. 20 years later it is very uncertain if they can make their dream of returning to Germany come true. Only \u00c7i\u011fdem, the young manager with a German passport freely opted for a life in Istanbul. But even after decades in their parents\u2019 country of origin, the other three have never really managed to make it their home. Instead, they have constructed a \u201csurrogate Germany\u201d for themselves.<\/p>\n<\/div>

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Director:<\/strong> Martina Priessner<\/p>\n

Editor:<\/strong> Bettina Blickwede
\nSound:<\/strong> Robert Kellner
\nProduction:<\/strong> Claudia Wolf, pangeafilm
\nCommissioning Editor:<\/strong> Frank Seyberth, ZDF \u201eDas kleine Fernsehspiel\u201c<\/p>\n

DVD sales<\/strong>: absolut medien<\/a><\/p>\n

Nominated for Grimme Preis 2011<\/strong><\/a> (Information \/ Culture)<\/p>\n

World Premiere:<\/strong> 29th International Filmfestival Istanbul 2010<\/span>
\nPremiere Germany:<\/strong> 54th International Dokfestvial Leipzig (German Competition) 2010<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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