Dügün - Marriage The Turkish Way

Dügün is a cinematic manifesto for an open-minded, liberal, European Islam, lived right in the heart of Europe. Turkish-Kurdish director Ayşe Kalmaz has a refugee background and offers her very own view on the Turkish wedding tradition. Her German codirector Marcel Kolvenbach adds an inherent German perspective. Seen as a balancing act between keeping the beautiful Turkish wedding tradition alive in Germany and incorporating the same values into everyday life − a life in a radically different context. Dügün is an intimate and sensitive portrait of a cultural minority, revolving around weddings and the business that can be made with it, offering a deeper insight into the emotional worlds of young couples and their families. We experience weddings as the search for happiness in a state of rootlessness. And the longing for a sense of home in others: the deepest human desire that overcomes all religious and cultural borders. Offering a statement for love, understanding and respect on all levels, from the very personal to the global political.