Ahmet, a champion boxer with Turkish roots and a professional soldier in the Austrian Army, starts taking acting lessons. On stage he is suddenly confronted with his own internal battles.
Specs:
documentary/hybrid, 76 min, 4K DCP
director: Jannis Lenz
editor: Jannis Lenz, Roland Stöttinger, Nooran Talebi
production: Panama Film
world sales: filmdelights
Austria 2021
Theatrical Release:
March 2022
Awards (selection):
Charles E. Guggenheim Emerging Artist Award
Award of the Austrian Film Institute for Best Upcoming Director
First Steps Award – Nomination
Best Sounddesign – Diagonale Festival of Austrian Film
Final Touch Award – Bolzano IFF
Winner National Competition – This Human World
Honorable Mention – SANFICI
Best Sound – MIDFF DOKer
Festivals:
Visions du Réel
Diagonale – Festival of Austrian Film
Biografilm – Int. Celebration of Lives
Frameout Open Air Cinema
Sarajevo Film Festival
Filmfestival Kitzbühel
FIDBA – Int. Documentary FF Buenos Aires
This Human World – Int. Human Rights Film Festival
SANFICI – Festival Internacional de Cine Independiente
Bolzano IFF
Full Frame Documentary FF
ZagrebDox
Julien Dubuque IFF
MIDFF DOKer
Uruguay Int. FF
Europe on Screen Indonesia
Docu.emme
Beldocs
DOK.fest Munich
Festival Filmer le Travail
