Cihan Inan
Directing
Biography
Born in 1969 in Burgdorf, Switzerland. Studied German and Philosophy at the University of Bern. Worked as independent theatre director in Switzerland, Germany and Austria. Screenwriter and film director. 2016-21 artistic director at Konzert Theater Bern. His first feature 180° (2010) was picked up at several festivals and awarded Best Script, Best Directing, Best Supporting Actress, Best Music. ZONE ROUGE (2018) his second feature premiered at the Zurich Film Festival.
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Aeschbacher
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Kulturplatz
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Best Friends
Lena is a cheerful student who firmly believes in happiness and the good in people. As part of a social project, she is sent by the office as a writing coach to Hugo Drowak, who has long since lost his luck and lives alone in a run-down tower block.
You Believe in Angels, Mr. Drowak?
The sports day of a primary school spirals out of control. A harmless argument between two children escalates into death threats between their fathers.
1:10
Early evening - a big city. Two teenagers shyly flirt with each other, a housewife sits down to watch her daily soap, nurses in a hospital gossip before the nightshift starts, a trendy couple drives through rush hour, so excited they can hardly wait to get home - a man with a rifle enters a building seeking revenge. In the blink of an eye seemingly unrelated events turn upside down what were once secure, happy, 'normal' lives. Behind fear, beyond the unexpected, there is love and hope.
180°
At the peak of his mid-life crisis, Swiss filmmaker Stefan Keller is forced to take on a side job out of financial necessity. Consequently, he finds himself travelling throughout Switzerland as an anonymous youth hostel tester just before Christmas. Thus begins his odyssey: Stefan is in desperate need of a story; he struggles with his failed relationship; and chance acquaintances force him to face the meaning of his existence.
Wintergast
A summer night celebration, the nightcap after the class reunion. The former high school clique meets again for the first time in 25 years. Amidst the joy of reunion, the present and the past intersect. Old issues shine through the seemingly superficial chatter, and a dark shadow hangs over the exuberant mood. The "incident" was one of the reasons for the sudden breakup of the group.
Zone Rouge
Young Stella's sudden return from American boarding school and her fervent desire to return to the country house of her childhood is a welcome opportunity for her mother Maria and stepfather Carl to reconcile with their estranged daughter. But the unexpected appearance of Ben, the daughter's new, much older boyfriend, considerably disrupts the family's intimacy. The distant idyll becomes a nightmare and the scene of a brutal murder.