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Maryam Zaree
Shahada by Burhan Qurbani
DEU 2009, Competition
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Carlo Ljubek
Shahada by Burhan Qurbani
DEU 2009, Competition
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Jeremias Acheampong
Shahada by Burhan Qurbani
DEU 2009, Competition
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Burhan Qurbani
Shahada by Burhan Qurbani
DEU 2009, Competition
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Carlo Ljubek
Shahada by Burhan Qurbani
DEU 2009, Competition
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Maryam Zaree
Shahada by Burhan Qurbani
DEU 2009, Competition
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Vedat Erincin
Shahada by Burhan Qurbani
DEU 2009, Competition
Maryam is Vedat’s daughter. She is a fun-loving, westernised young woman. Her at times permissive demeanour is a regular source of conflict between her and her single father, who is deeply worried about his 19-year-old daughter’s moral conduct. His fears are well-founded: Maryam has unintentionally fallen pregnant.
Samir is Nigerian. He and his best friend Daniel, a German, both attend Vedat’s Koran lessons. It soon becomes clear that Daniel sees Samir as more than just a friend; moreover, Daniel’s feelings are reciprocated by Samir. Gradually, the two boys begin to get close.
Ismail is a police officer and a family man in his mid-thirties. One day during a police raid at the central market he sees Leyla, the woman who, three years ago, sustained a life-threatening injury from a ricocheted bullet fired from his gun. The encounter throws him completely off balance.
The film’s title refers to the first pillar of Islam: Shahada – the Muslim profession of faith. Shahada represents one’s decision to take a certain path. The protagonists of this film struggle, each in their own way, to find the right path and a way of living with their own systems of belief and values.
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Jeremias Acheampong, Maryam Zaree, Burhan Qurbani, Carlo Ljubek
Full of energy: the film team at the Photo Call.
Shahada · Competition · Feb 17, 2010
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Carlo Ljubek
Busy days: the actors' second Berlinale film - Hollywood Drama - is shown in the Perspektive Deutsches Kino.
Shahada · Competition · Feb 17, 2010
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Jeremias Acheampong, Maryam Zaree, Carlo Ljubek
The actors in the Berlinale VIP Club.
Shahada · Competition · Feb 17, 2010
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Jeremias Acheampong, Maryam Zaree, Carlo Ljubek
Before the premiere in the Berlinale Palast.
Shahada · Competition · Berlinale Palast · Feb 17, 2010
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Burhan Qurbani
The director during the press conference.
Shahada · Competition · Feb 17, 2010
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Burhan Qurbani
The members of the Jury awarded the Prize of the Guild of German Art House Cinemas to Burhan Qurbani and his Competition film.
Shahada · Competition · Prizes of the Independent Juries · Feb 20, 2010
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Maryam Zaree
Shahada · Competition · Feb 17, 2010
© Gerhard Kassner / Berlinale
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Jeremias Acheampong
Shahada · Competition · Feb 17, 2010
© Gerhard Kassner / Berlinale
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Burhan Qurbani
Shahada · Competition · Feb 17, 2010
© Gerhard Kassner / Berlinale
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Carlo Ljubek
Shahada · Competition · Feb 17, 2010
© Gerhard Kassner / Berlinale
Susanne Kusche (Producer), Leif Alexis (Producer), Jeremias Acheampong (Actor), Carlo Ljubek (Actor), Burhan Qurbani (Director), Maryam Zaree (Actress)
Shahada
Competition · Press Conference · Feb 17, 2010
Susanne Kusche (Producer), Leif Alexis (Producer), Jeremias Acheampong (Actor), Carlo Ljubek (Actor), Burhan Qurbani (Director), Maryam Zaree (Actress)
Shahada
Competition · Red Carpet · Feb 17, 2010