AMRUM Germany, 2025, 93 min, color
The film is set in the spring of 1945 on the remote North Sea island of Amrum. Amidst the island’s harsh yet breathtaking landscape, twelve-year-old Nanning strives to support his mother and family, hunting seals, fishing at night, and working on the farm. Life on the island carries a fragile sense of routine and an almost idyllic isolation, yet the approaching end of the war brings new uncertainties and challenges.
As Nanning confronts the realities of a world in upheaval, he faces the complex legacies of ideology, loss, and survival. His journey reflects the struggles of growing up under extraordinary circumstances and learning to understand both his family and himself. The film, inspired by the memories of screenwriter Hark Bohm, paints a vivid portrait of resilience, love, sacrifice, and the search for identity, capturing the tension between childhood innocence and the harsh demands of history.
Fatih Akin
Fatih Akin was born in Hamburg on 25 Aug 1973, to a Turkish family. He studied visual communications at the Hamburg College of Fine Arts, where he graduated in 2000. He made his feature film debut in 1998 with ”Short Sharp Shock”, which won numerous awards and, like ”Solino”, was nominated for the German Film Award. He achieved his greatest success with ”Head-On”, for which he won the Golden Bear in Berlin in 2004. With his next film ”The Edge of Heaven”, he received the Screenplay Award at Cannes Film Festival, four German Film Awards and the European Film Award for Screenplay.
1995 Sensin... You're the One! (Sensin… Du bist es!)
1996 Weed (Geturkt)
1998 Short Sharp Shock (Kurz und Schmerzlos)
2000 In July (Im Juli)
2001 Denk ich an Deutschland – Wir haben vergessen zuruckzukehren – doc.
2002 Solino (Solino)
2004 Head-On (Gegen die Wand)
2005 Crossing the Bridge: The Sound of Istanbul – doc.
2007 The Edge of Heaven (Auf der anderen Seite / Yasamin Kiyisinda)
2008 New York, I Love You (segment ”Fatih Akin”)
2009 Soul Kitchen (Soul Kitchen)
2012 Polluting Paradise (Der Mull im Garten Eden) – doc.
2014 The Cut
2016 Tschick
2017 In the Fade (Aus dem Nichts)
2022 Rhinegold
2025 Amrum
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