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Please join the Department of Germanic Languages & Literatures for a series of film screenings (shown in German with English subtitles). 




German Film Series Winter 2025

Film Screening: Oray (2019, dir. Mehmet Akif Büyükatalay)

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State Theater, 233 S State St, Ann Arbor, MI 48104

Free screening of Oray

Time: NO FOOD, doors at 6:15pm, film at 6:30pm

Location: *State Theater*

Oray (Zeihun Demirov) strives to leave behind a difficult past and lead a better life. But his image of being a good Muslim and the perfect husband is shattered after an argument with his wife Burcu (Deniz Orta) in which he repeats the word ‘talaq,’ thus initiating a marital separation by Islamic law. Oray then goes to Cologne, where he tries to rebuild in a new Muslim community and reflect on his faith, marriage, everyday reality, and sense of self. Oray won the Best First Feature Award at the 69th Berlinale International Film Festival in 2019.  (Pluto Film)


This event is co-sponsored by the Central Asian Studies Rackham Interdisciplinary Workshop and Alamanya: Transnational German Studies Rackham Interdisciplinary Workshop.

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Post Screening Discussion: Oray (2019, dir. Mehmet Akif Büyükatalay)

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Modern Languages Building 3308

Please RSVP here to join our post-screening discussion of the film Oray. This discussion will be hosted in the German department conference room (MLB 3308) and is open to any interested graduate students. 


To guarantee there is enough food, please RSVP no later than April 1st. 

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Film Screening: Kokon (Cocoon, 2020, dir. Leonie Krippendorff)

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Northquad 2435

Free Screening of Kokon

Time: food at 6, film at 6:30pm

Location: North Quad 2435

“Berlin-Kreuzberg is Nora’s microcosm. Nora, the silent observer, drifts around the monotonous housing blocks with her big sister and her friends, witnessing events that seem to cross-fade in the summer light. Girls who want to be slim and pretty, boys who say dumb things to provoke or because they are in love. Ruthless smartphone cameras and fragile teenagers. But Nora has her own way of looking at the world, and when she meets Romy, she realizes why. This film captures a summer of change.” (Berlinale 2020)

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Film Screening: Sonne (Sun, 2022, dir. Kurdwin Ayub)

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Northquad 2435

Free Screening of Sonne.

Time: food at 6, film at 6:30pm

Location: North Quad 2435

“Three teenage girls from Vienna twerk in hijab and sing a pop song. A YouTube video of it makes them famous overnight, especially among Kurdish Muslims. Yesmin, the only one of the friends who is Kurdish herself, begins to distance herself more and more from her culture. Nati and Bella, on the other hand, seem fascinated by a world that is strange to them. A film about young people caught between social media and self-discovery, a story of rebellious young women.” (Austrian Films)

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German Film Series Winter 2025
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