Provobis Gesellschaft für Film und Fernsehen mbH

The restored version of FAR FROM HOME by Sohrab Shahid is part of the film series "Iranian Cinema before the Revolution, 1925-1979) at MoMA New York MoMA The Museum of Modern Art The screening is today, 8.11.2023 at 7 pm.

A German-Iranian co-production in German and Turkish by Provobis Film (producer: O. E. Kress) and Neue Film-Gruppe Teheran from 1975.

PROVOBIS is committed to the digitization of all the films it has produced by Sohrab Shahid Saless. The film edition of Saless' complete works is an initiative of the film historian and curator Vivien Buchhorn and is published by her together with the Goethe-Institut.
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The digitization of the film IN DER FREMDE was financed by the film heritage funding programme of the BKM, the federal states and the FFA.
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Content of the film:
What does it mean to live in another country? Husseyin comes to West Berlin from Turkey, climbs the stairs of the subway stations, uncertain and yet curious, he looks along the facades of the buildings. But his new surroundings despise him, giving him no home between monotonous work on a stamping press, stairwell chatter and everyday racism.

Sohrab Shahid Saless' first film shot in Germany gives an insight into the condition of a person who leaves his homeland and is condemned to remain a seeker. The film allows us to sense a social climate in West Germany whose after-effects are still visible today.

Preproduction for a new RBB Tatort, working title "Am Tag der wandernden Seelen" with the main cast Corinna Harfouch & Mark Waschke. The direction of our new RBB Tatort will be done by Mira Thiel. The book is a rewrite by Josefine Scheffler & Mira Thiel. Preparations for filming are in full swing and we plan to start shooting probably at the beginning of September. The filming locations have been carefully selected to perfectly fit the theme of the crime thriller, and we look forward to giving you some behind-the-scenes glimpses in the coming months. The editing of this crime scene is in the experienced hands of Verena Veihl.

ARD program award for television production "Polizeiruf 110 - Bis Mitternacht"

The television film "Polizeiruf 110 - Bis Mitternacht" (screenplay by Tobias Kniebe - based on the case description "Wollust" from the book "Abgründe: Wenn aus Menschen Mörder werden" by Josef Wilfling, directed by Dominik Graf) was awarded an ARD program premium in November 2023. This award gives PROVOBIS Film (producer Jens Susa) the opportunity to develop a new project in collaboration with NDR (editor Christian Granderath) and ARD.

"Polizeiruf 110 - Bis Mitternacht" is a production of PROVOBIS Gesellschaft für Film und Fernsehen mbH on behalf of Bayerischer Rundfunk