Film Programme
FATHER LANGUAGE
fiction
Germany, 2009, 13'
Director: Mirjam Orthen
Producer: Mirjam Orthen
Director of photography: Bernd Effenberger
Writer: Mirjam Orthen
Composer: Norbert Bürger, Robert Alonso
Editor: Mirjam Orthen
Synopsis: Leyla (18) feels kept away from her father's Turkish culture. In her relatives’ visit from Turkey this evening she sees a chance to get to know more about this world which she wants to discover as a part of herself. But as she doesn’t understand the language, this won’t be easy...
Director: Mirjam Orthen
Born in Dachau, near Munich, Germany in 1984. She worked as a production assistant in the film companies "Goldkind Film" and "Diana Film". Since October 2007 she is studying directing for narrative films at the University of Television and Film, Munich, Germany.