Hadi Tschüss - Documentary

It has been half a century now that Germany called for guest workers from Turkey. Debates about integration of immigrants and their descendants or its alleged rejection dominated the media for a long time. Today immigration statistics are retrograde. In 2012 around 30.000 people with Turkish origin left the country. What motivates them to migrate (again) in different phases of their life? How do they perceive life in Turkey compared to Germany? What do the… Mehr anzeigen

While a range of media reported during the last months about the supposed mass emigration of high-qualified Germans with Turkish roots, in Turkey predominates the image of the conservative immigrants. Information and deeper insights into Turkish-German living are lacking. The documentary is intended to help counteract clichés and to break with stereotypes. By presenting the film and discussing it at different places in Germany and Turkey in autumn 2014 sho… Mehr anzeigen

1) You want to help us telling the stories of Münevver, Ruhan, Derya, Emine and Necip and support the production of a documentary on a topic which has not been dealt with yet.

2) You are interested in the topic of migration and integration and want to support an alternative to biased representations of this topic. Hadi Tschüss does not want to categorize or label anybody, but rather give a voice to the people and let them talk about their personal experien… Mehr anzeigen

The shooting in Turkey has been completed in December 2013. A second phase of the shoot will take place in March 2014 in Ingolstadt, former home town of Ruhan who is one of the protagonists.
Financed by own resources and the support of the “Freundinnen und Freunde der Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung” half of the costs have been covered. With the support of the Goethe-Institut Izmir a cinema tour is planned in fall 2014 across Turkey.
Now we need your support to fina… Mehr anzeigen

Matthias Ditscherlein [direction/ production/ camera]
Born in 1988 in Vogtland, 2008-2012 studied television production studies at Fernsehakademie Leipzig, in 2012 he produced his first documentary “Das Glück da unten” together with editor Dagmar Borchert, currently working as a filmmaker in Leipzig

Anne Denkinger [assistant director/ production/ translation]
born in 1988 in Vogtland, studies International Migration and Intercultural Relations at the Universi… Mehr anzeigen