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Ruth Beckermann

Favoriten

Director Ruth Beckermann Cast Ilkay Idiskut
118' - 2024 - Documentary - Format: DCP - Dialogue: German, Turkish
Favoriten, named after Vienna’s most populous and diverse district, follows the vibrant community of an elementary school class over the course of three years. 25 children and their dedicated teacher. Director Ruth Beckermann’s heartwarming and inspirational exploration to discover who they are, was awarded the Peace Film Prize in Berlin.
Favoriten is the name of Vienna's highly-populated and diverse district that is home to the Austrian capital's largest Turkish and Balkan communities. It's in this district that Ruth Beckermann's eponymous documentary follows a class of twenty-five children and their dedicated teacher Ilkay Idiskut for three years. Idiskut deftly navigates between everything that goes on within the classroom walls, and sometimes beyond. Beckermann is not afraid to address issues such as a glaring staff shortage or language barriers, but she always keeps the tone light and hopeful. Favoriten, awarded the Peace Film Prize at the 2024 Berlinale, joins titles like Être et avoir (2002), Inclusief (2018) and Herr Bachmann und seine Klasse (FFG2021), documentaries that provide unbiased, inspiring and intimate insights into a classroom as a community in its own right.
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Credits

Directors

Ruth Beckermann

Cast

Ilkay Idiskut

Scenario

Ruth Beckermann, Elisabeth Menasse

Editors

Dieter Pichler

Distributor

Dalton Distribution

More info

Dialogue

German, Turkish

Countries of production

Austria

Year

2024

Filmography

Ruth Beckermann
Arena Besetzt (1977), Auf amol a Streik (Short 1978), Return to Vienna (1983), The Paper Bridge (1987), Nach Jerusalem (1991), Jenseits des Krieges (1996), Ein Flüchtiger Zug nach dem Orient (1999), Homemad(e) (2001), Zorros Bar Mizwa (2006), American Passages (2011), Thos Who Go Those Who Stay (2013), Die Getraümten (2016), Waldheims Walzer (2018), Mutzenbacher (2022), Favoriten (2024)

Technical Specs

Format
DCP