TORN

film type fiction Production Country Azerbaijan, Germany production year 2014 runtime 22'00 colour
screening format DCP aspect ratio 1.78:1 (16:9) sound format Stereo languages Aserbeidschanisch Subtitles Englisch, Deutsch, Französisch

Two lives, two worlds: A man and a child. The kid wants to be friends with the neighbour's children. The man has a date with a woman on a roof. The world of adults and the world of children. They are related but torn apart.

Official Trailer: https://vimeo.com/94458468

director Engin Kundag, Elmar Imanov Besetzung / Cast Mehdi Salimov, Mir-Movsum Mirzazadeh, Rasim Jafarov, Zulfiyye Qurbanova Schnitt / Editing Jan Henrik Pusch Bildgestaltung / DOP Borris Kehl Produktion / Production Eva Blondiau, Teymur Hajiyev Drehbuch / Script Elmar Imanov, Engin Kundag Tongestaltung / Sound Design Dschalal Imanov
Festivals
2014 Moscow International Film Festival, Russian Federation
2014 Locarno International Film Festival, Switzerland
2014 São Paulo International Short Film Festival (Curta Kinoforum), Brazil
2014 InDPanda International Film Festival, Hong Kong, China
2014 Ekadeshma International Short Film Festival, Kathmandu, Nepal
2014 Internationale Hofer Filmtage, Germany
2014 Festival Internacional de Cortometrajes, Lima, Peru
2014 Duhok International Film Festival, Iraq
2014 Northern Wave International Film Festival, Snæfellsbæ, Iceland
2014 Expresión en Corto International Film Festival, Guanajuato, Mexico
2014 Kinoshock Film Festival, Anapa, Russian Federation
2014 Festival de Cannes - Internationale Filmfestspiele von Cannes, France
2014 New Horizons Film Festival, Wroclaw, Poland
Production
  • COLOR OF MAY
  • Eva Blondiau
  • Neuenhöfer Allee 19a
  • 50937 Köln
  • +49 178 3195751
  • http://www.colorofmay.com
Distribution
  • COLOR OF MAY
  • Eva Blondiau
  • Neuenhöfer Allee 19a
  • 50937 Köln
  • +49 178 3195751
  • http://www.colorofmay.com
Sales
  • COLOR OF MAY
  • Eva Blondiau
  • Neuenhöfer Allee 19a
  • 50937 Köln
  • +49 178 3195751
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Engin Kundag

Born 1984 in Bielefeld;
studied directing at the ifs internationale filmschule köln;
his graduation film ARARAT was shown at more than 70 film festivals

Filmography
2010 ETWAS FRIEDEN
2010 DER SCHULDIGE
2010 ETWAS LIEBE
2011 WHERE DO WE GO NOW?
2012 ARARAT

Elmar Imanov

Born 1985 in Baku, Azerbaijan;
graduated from the ifs internationale filmschule köln

Filmography
2012 Die Schaukel des Sargmachers
2014 TORN
2019 End of Season (feature film)