Cem Akin

Küstenwache

Küstenwache is a German television series that tells the fictionalized adventures of a unit of Federal Coast Gu...

Head-On

With the intention to break free from the strict familial restrictions, a suicidal young woman sets up a marria...

Die Anwälte

In the Fade

Katja's life collapses after the deaths of her husband and son in a bomb attack. After a time of mourning and i...

Soul Kitchen

In Hamburg, German-Greek chef Zinos unknowingly disturbs the peace in his locals-only restaurant by hiring a mo...

Im Visier der Zielfahnder

Kebab Connection

In Hamburg, Ibrahim "Ibo" Secmez, of Turkish descent, wants to direct the first German kung-fu movie. For now,...

In July

Daniel’s drab existence as a physics teacher takes an adventurous turn when he falls in love with a Turkish gir...

Short Sharp Shock

Gabriel, Bobby and Costa are old friends from Altona, a multicultural hood in Hamburg. Just out of prison, Gabr...

We Have Forgotten to Return Home

Fatih Akin sets out in search of his family roots and paints a portrait of his Turkish family. In 1965, his fat...

Getürkt

Akin plays a loser who pretends that he has good dope and finds that he has to deliver in real to a gangster.