ELBOW (Ellbogen)

Coming of Age Drama, 2024
World premiere Berlinale Generation K14plus 2024

Hazal is 17 and lives in Berlin. Her biggest wish: to be given a chance. For her 18th birthday she wants to escape the everyday grind and party with her friends. But a fatal incident changes everything. Hazal is forced to flee.

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Director
Aslı Özarslan

Writer
Claudia Schaefer

Producer
Jamila Wenske

Coproducer
Delphine Schmit
Guillaume Dreyfuß
Anna Maria Aslanoğlu
Zeynep Ekmekçi
Julia Peters
Jutta Feit

Junior Producer
Elena Zurbuch

Cast
Melia Kara
Jamilah Bagdach
Asya Utku
Nurgül Ayduran
Jale Arikan
Mina Özlem Sağdiç
Shadi Eck
Doğa Gürer
Haydar Sahin
Ercan Karaçayli
Orhan Kiliç

Editing
Ana Branea
David Achilles

Cinematographer
Andac Karabeyoglu-Thomas

Sound
David Almeida-Ribeiro
Andreas Radzuweit

Production Design
Katja Deutschmann

Costume
Silvia Albarella

Music
Delphine Mantoulet

Casting
Manolya Mutlu

Based on the novel
"Ellbogen"
by Fatma Aydemir
Published by
Carl Hanser Verlag

Production
ACHTUNG PANDA!

Coproduction
Tripode Productions (FR)
Istos Film (TUR)
jip Film & Verleih (D)

TV
ZDF Das kleine Fernsehspiel

Funding and Partners
Hessenfilm
Mini Traité
CNC
MBB
Kuratorium Junger Deutscher Film
DFFF
MFG
Tarabaya Coproduction Development Fund
Torino Film Lab
Into The Wild

Distribution
jip Film & Verleih

World Sales
Arthood Entertainment

Awards

Festival del Cinema Tedesco Rome 2025
*Audience Award*

Preis der deutschen Filmkritik 2024
*Best Feature Film Debut Nomination: Aslı Özarslan*
*Best Actress Nomination: Melia Kara*

Solidarity Human Rights Film Festival 2024
*Honorary Mention Award at International Narrative Film Competition*

Hessischer Filmpreis 2024
*Best Literature Adaption*

Filmkunstmesse Leipzig 2024
*Gilde Award - Best Film (Young Cinema)*

International Images Film Festival for Women 2024
*World View Nominee: Aslı Özarslan*

Marburger Kinder und Jugendfestivals Final Cut 2024
*Youth Jury Award - Best Youth Film*

34. Internationales Filmfest Emden-Norderney 2024
*NDR Young Talent Award Nomination*

Goldener Spatz Festival 2024 Gera/Germany
*Audience Award - Best Youth Film*

Music & Cinema 2024 Marseille
*Grand Prize for Best Original Score*

Internationales Frauen Film Fest Dortmund + Köln 2024
*Best Director International Feature Debut*

Lichter Filmfest Frankfurt International 2024
*Best Regional Feature Film*

Berlinale 2024
*GWFF Best First Feature Award Nomination*
*DEFA Foundation Heiner Carow Award Nomination*