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	Going to Extremes: Fatih Akin on His Turkish-German Love Story "Head-On"
		Fatih Akin (right) with "Head-On" stars Birol Unel (left) and Sibel Kekilli (center) at the 2004 Berlin, where the film won the Golden Bear.
		Fatih Akin's "Head-On" is an energetic blast of extreme situations -- it has laughs and tears, goth songs by The Sisters of Mercy alongside Turkish traditionals, the hip bars of Hamburg and the dusty cafes of Istanbul, and -- of course -- love and hate.
		Akin: I have two scripts, one I hope to shoot this year is called "Soul Kitchen," it's about a restaurant in the area of Hamburg where I live.
	www.indiewire.com /people/people_050119akin.html (2541 words)

	genua's Xanga Site
		Fatih Akin’s “Gegen die Wand” is first of all a film about love and metamorphosis.
		Fatih Akin uses different styles of music in his film, Depeche Mode, Iggy Pop or Nick Cave, German rap songs and of course a variation of Turkish music.
		Akin wants to get not only a critical observation and reflection about the film he also wants to show the changes of the characters and their development with themselves.
	www.xanga.com /home.aspx?user=genua (2883 words)

	Fatih Akin: Gegen die Wand / Head On (D 2003)
		Fatih Akin, asked how close the story of "Head On" was to his own life, gave this answer: It was a story he had to squeeze out like a pimple after years of festering.
		Where Karmakar is a man of intellect and thorough deliberation, Akin completely, almost blindly trusts in his story, his actors and the powers conjured up by their energy and interaction.
		Akin does not have very much of a deliberate concept, it all seems done by intuition, every single picture of it.
	www.jump-cut.de /germanfilmreview-headon.html (560 words)

	Seattle Post-Intelligencer: Movies - Production notes
		Akin's first feature film, the dark drama "Short Sharp Shock" was given an enthusiastic reception by audiences and press alike, and garnered nine awards altogether, including the Bronze Leopard at Locarno Film Festival.
		Fatih Akin later confirmed his versatility as a filmmaker with the romantic road movie "In July," the documentary "Wir haben vergessen zurückzukehren" and "Solino." The son of Turkish parents asserts that his latest film, the raw drama HEAD-ON, is his most personal work.
		Director Fatih Akin is also full of praise for her: "What Sibel begins, she carries it through." The young German-Turkish woman has since moved to Hamburg and is currently working on her acting career.
	seattlepi.nwsource.com /movietimes/moviepn.asp?movieID=45826 (1923 words)

	German Cinema - Series: German Directors (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Fatih Akin was born in Hamburg in 1973, and lives and works in the city's Altona district, the setting for several of his films.
		The one-hour documentary Wir haben vergessen zurueckzukehren (2001) is a TV production in which Akin tells the story of his parents, who came to Germany with the first wave of immigrants from Turkey during the sixties.
		Nonetheless, this love story beginning in a psychiatric institution and ending on the Bosphorus, is - or so Akin believes - evidence of an important development in his stories: «I have become wiser, somehow, and part of that is that the heroes of this film don't die.
	www.german-cinema.de /magazine/2003/03/germdirect/fatih.akin.html (828 words)

	SPLICEDwire \| "Head-On (Gegen die Wand)" movie review (2005) "Head-On (Gegen die Wand)" review, Fatih Akin, Birol Unel, ...
		In Fatih Akin's earlier film, "In July," the German-born writer-director took an old-fashioned road movie romance (a variation on "It Happened One Night") and gave it a craggy, sun-baked sweetness.
		It's a strange effect; Akin plays on the familiar to inspire relaxation and the anticipation of something comfortable and routine, but then snatches it away and delivers something darker.
		Akin's focus is always on the two characters, drawing out fully-rounded emotional centers for both.
	www.splicedonline.com /05reviews/headon.html (355 words)

	Head-On - Preview Online
		Hamburg director Fatih Akin (above) took home the top prize at this year’s Berlin Festival for his fourth feature, Head-On.
		The characters in Akin’s new film - which he wrote as well as directed - have the same background as the director himself: second-generation Turkish.
		While their parents see the ‘new’ country as something necessity has forced upon them and still think of Turkey as home, for their children Germany is the only home they know.
	www.preview-online.com /sp2004/feature_articles/head-on (362 words)

	Turkish Music Hits German Cinemas \| Culture & Lifestyle \| Deutsche Welle \| 17.06.2005
		Akin had been dreaming of this film for a long time.
		Unobtrusively and yet with a close-up view, Akin follows the musicians and the film's narrator, Alexander Hacke, through the narrow streets of Istanbul, into the studios, on a boat trip.
		For Akin, who lives in Hamburg and whose mother is from Istanbul, the city on the Bosporus and its music scene are very significant.
	www.dw-world.de /dw/article/0,1564,1619192,00.html (975 words)

	Harvard Film Archive: Global Visions (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		A Muslim woman with an unorthodox sexual appetite and a recovering addict with suicidal tendencies agree to marry.
		Despite their shared heritage (both characters are German-born and of Turkish descent), the couple struggles to find a place in the growing no man’s land between German and Turkish cultures.
		Fatih Akin’s latest film won the Golden Bear at the 2004 Berlin Film Festival.
	www.harvardfilmarchive.org /calendars/04_winter/europe.html (1039 words)

	SPLICEDwire \| "In July (Im Juli)" review (2002) Fatih Akin, Moritz Bleibtreu, Christiane Paul
		Writer-director Fatih Akin boldly casts Moritz Bleibtreu (Lola's boyfriend from "Run Lola Run") as his hero Daniel, a socially insecure square and a dullard of a high school physics teacher.
		Alone in the middle of nowhere, Daniel tries to hitch a ride from a guy who appears to be cheap Eastern European gangster (Mehmet Kurtulus) with a dead body in his trunk, and things get more than a little complicated.
		Akin demonstrates an innate flair for subtle absurdity and lunatic twists in this endlessly enjoyable movie that turns clichés on their ears with the director's oddball execution.
	www.splicedonline.com /02reviews/injuly.html (517 words)

	Fatih Akin (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Fatih Akin was born in 1973 in Hamburg.
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		Find where Fatih Akin is credited alongside another name
	www.imdb.com /name/nm0015359 (270 words)

	International Herald Tribune: Creating a musical bridge to Europe Fatih Akin's new take on Turkey is a racy trip ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Creating a musical bridge to Europe Fatih Akin's new take on Turkey is a racy trip through the underbelly of IstanbulThe Shows
		Fatih Akin, at 31 the youngest member of the Cannes jury, wears his jet-fl hair short, his sideburns long, and one hoop earring.
		In public appearances he tends to mug, unlike his distinguished colleagues.Akin, who calls Hamburg his home, directed the surprise 2004 hit ''Head-On,'' winner of the Golden Bear at the Berlin festival, a dramatic film about his Turkish roots and the plight of women in a Muslim society.
	www.highbeam.com /library/doc0.asp?DOCID=1P1:108763430&refid=holomed_1 (248 words)

	Valley Advocate: Ain't nobody's business but the Turks (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Screenwriter: Fatih Akin Cast: Borol Unel, Sibel Kekilli, Catrin Striebeck, Guvin Kirac, Meltem Cumbul, Cem Akin, Demir Gokgol, Aysel Iscan.
		Fatih Akin writes and directs Head-On, a harrowing yet entirely compelling love story about a depressed, drunken Turk (Birol Unel) living in Germany.
		He's approached by a suicidal young woman of Turkish descent (Sibel Kekilli, up from German porn) who suggests that he should marry her as a means of getting her out from under the oppressive scrutiny of her family.
	www.valleyadvocate.com /gbase/Film/content?oid=oid:103206 (253 words)

	One Guy's Opinion (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Review: Road movies often fall into ruts, as do pictures about uptight guys who are liberated by the attentions of freewheeling girls, but Fatih Akin's sophomore feature merges the two to surprisingly engaging effect.
		Bleibtreu is a winning hero, his hangdog expression and helplessness coming across as endearing rather than irritating, and Paul avoids the smugness that might have rendered Juli all too precious.
		The colorful supporting cast helps too, with Akin himself offering a nifty cameo as a border guard.
	www.oneguysopinion.com /review.asp?ID=548 (400 words)

	Kurz und schmerzlos (1998) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		"Kurz und schmerzlos" means as much as "quickly and smoothly" and is a German underground drama by young Turkish film maker Fatih Akin.
		Shot in the suburbs and industrial area of Hamburg, Akin's home town, it was a big hit in German repertory cinemas in 1999.
		The film shows the life and fate of three young foreigners - Turk Gabriel, Greek Costa and Serb Bobby, all of them dreaming of love and money in the bleak surroundings of social welfare, crimes, industry, unemployment and cultural minorities.
	imdb.com /title/tt0162426 (485 words)

	Duvara Karþý (Head On) - VCD by Birol Ünel, Sibel Kekilli, Catrin Striebeck, Güven Kýraç, Meltem Cumbul, Cem ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		At the European Film Awards in Barcelona, Fatih Akin's German film "Head-On" won the top award, named best European Film of the year.
		Akin, born to Turkish parents in Hamburg, won the Golden Bear for his film at the 2004 Berlinale back in February.
		Snyopsis: 40-year-old Cahit is brought to German psychiatric clinic after attempting suicide and sets out to start a new life, even as he longs for drugs and alcohol to numb his pain.
	www.tulumba.com /tr_icy_itemdesc.asp?ic=VI343895ZS635 (919 words)

	Ritz Filmbill: Movie Synopsis: Head-On (Gegen die Wand) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Acclaimed filmmaker Fatih Akin’s Head-On was the Golden Bear Award (top prize) winner at this year’s Berlin Film Festival and and the winner of
		While researching his topic, Akin began to immerse himself in Turkish cinema.
		He celebrates poetic self-destruction, like Kurt Cobain and Jim Morrison,” says Akin, adding, “The role of the ‘lost soul’ Cahit was closely adapted to Birol—even though it contains many of my own longings and my desire to break through the norms.”
	www.ritzfilmbill.com /editorial/synopses/headon.shtml (403 words)

	Interview with Fatih Akin \| Culture & Lifestyle \| Deutsche Welle \| 14.02.2004
		Do you think you have to be Turkish to deal with the subject with in such a blunt manner?
		Fatih Akin: I didn't want the characters to represent the whole Turkish minority.
		I did not much think which were the Turkish elements.
	www.dw-world.de /english/0,3367,1441_A_1114779_1_A,00.html (542 words)

	Head-on (Gegen die wand) - Fatih Akin, Birol Ünel, Sibel Kekilli, Catrin Striebeck - CIA (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Head-on (Gegen die wand) - Fatih Akin, Birol Ünel, Sibel Kekilli, Catrin Striebeck - CIA
		Head-on (Gegen die wand) - Birol Ünel, Sibel Kekilli, Catrin Striebeck, Fatih Akin
		Berlin International Film Festival 2004: Won: FIPRESCI Prize (Fatih Akin), Golden Berlin Bear (Fatih Akin)
	thecia.com.au /reviews/h/head-on-2004.shtml (345 words)

	Rotten Tomatoes Forums - Gegen die Wand / Head-On (Fatih Akin, 2004) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
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		After the time of separation they meet in Istanbul, but things have changed and there is no real future for them.
		Director Fatih Akin has said about the film that he has squeezed it out like a pimple and that gives a good idea about the film.
	www.rottentomatoes.com /vine/showthread.php?t=330617 (1412 words)

	Amazon.com: Head-On: DVD (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Head-On, Fatih Akin's gritty drama, is like a great punk-rock song-- rough around the edges, but filled with heart.
		As the film started to pick up awards at international film festivals, leading actress Sibel Kekilli was "outed" by the German tabloid press for being a former porn star.
		Director Fatih Akin auditioned over 350 actresses for the role of Sibel.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B0009VND0E?v=glance (2152 words)

	Film-Archive - Personal Info: Fatih Akin (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Fatih Akin was born in 1973 in Hamburg of Turkish parentage and began studying Visual Communications at Hamburg's College of Fine
		In 1995, he wrote and directed his first short feature, Sensin - You're The One!
		CROSSING THE BRIDGE - The Sound of Istanbul
	www.german-cinema.de /archive/film_person_view.php?film_person_id=2634 (151 words)

	Visions Cinema \| Bistro \| Lounge: Washington DC (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Facing a summer of doing nothing, stodgy student teacher Daniel Bannier (RUN LOLA RUN's Moritz Bleibtreu) follows the sun by impulsively pursuing the mysterious and beautiful Melek from Hamburg to Istanbul, with secret soulmate Juli (Christiane Paul) in tow.
		As the pair chart a course along the Danube River and points south, one or both encounter a crafty trucker, some really good weed, a hip Turk with a body in his trunk, an affable Romanian border guard (slyly played by writer-director Fatih Akin) and enigmatic beauty and self-proclaimed "ex-Yugo" Luna.
		After a wild chase through Budapest-during which his Hungarian pursuer runs out of gas-Daniel finally discovers his inevitable destiny on the Bosporus.
	www.visionsdc.com /germanfilms/injuly.shtml (269 words)

	The DVD Maniacs - Forum - Fatih Akin (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The DVD Maniacs - Forum - Fatih Akin
		The only film from this German Filmmaker I've seen is the gritty, and memorable Short Sharp Shock.
		Anyone seen this film or any other films by the director?
	www.dvdmaniacs.net /forums/printthread.php?t=12300 (36 words)

	Head-On (2004): Birol Unel, Sibel Kekilli, Catrin Striebeck, Fatih Akin
		Head-On (2004): Birol Unel, Sibel Kekilli, Catrin Striebeck, Fatih Akin
		"With powerfully developed characterizations and keen observation, writer/director Akin doesn't settle for a formulaic resolution."
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	ofcs.rottentomatoes.com /movie-1141479/reviews.php (270 words)

	Duvara Karþý (Head On) - DVD by Birol Ünel, Sibel Kekilli, Catrin Striebeck, Güven Kýraç, Meltem Cumbul, Cem ...
		Duvara Karþý (Head On) - DVD by Birol Ünel, Sibel Kekilli, Catrin Striebeck, Güven Kýraç, Meltem Cumbul, Cem Akýn, Mehmet Kurtuluþ, Feridun Koç, Demir Gökgöl (Duvara Karsi (Head On) - DVD by Birol Unel, Sibel Kekilli, Catrin Striebeck, Guven Kirac, Meltem Cumbul, Cem Akin, Mehmet Kurtulus, Feridun Koc, Demir Gokgol) - Tulumba.com
		Akin was also named the best director in people's choice award voting.
		Fatih Akin, for "Gegen Die Wand" (Head-On), Germany
	www.tulumba.com /icy_itemdesc.asp?ic=VI343869ZN464 (915 words)

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