Year of Production 2012
- Ali, Spain, 2012
- Ali Blue Eyes, Italy, 2012
- Almost 18, Finland, 2012
- Angels' Share, The, Great Britain, France, 2012
- Animals, Spain, 2012
- Approved for Adoption, Belgium, France, 2012
- Baby Blues, Poland, 2012
- Bag of Flour, The, Belgium, France, Marocco, 2012
- Beauty and the Beast, The, Germany, Austria, 2012
- Before Snowfall, Norway, 2012
- Being Like Deyna, Poland, 2012
- Bekas (Aka: Up and Away), Finland, Iraq, Sweden, 2012
- Billy & Buddy, France, 2012
- Bitchkram aka Bitch Hug, Sweden, 2012
- Blue Tiger, The, Czech Republic, Slovak Republik, 2012
- Boys Are Us, Switzerland, 2012
- Bravehearts, Norway, 2012
- Bright Flight, Italy, 2012
- Broken, Great Britain, 2012
- Casper and Emma - Best Friends, Norway, 2012
- Cause I have the Looks, Germany, 2012
- Clara and the Secret of the Bears, Switzerland/Germany, 2012
- Clip, Serbia, 2012
- Come on, Eddy!, Belgium, Netherlands,Luxembourg, 2012
- Come on, let's find a Treasure, Germany, 2012
- Cool Kids Don't Cry, Belgium, Netherlands, 2012
- Dandelions, The, France, 2012
- Day of the Crows, The, Belgium, France, 2012
- Deflowering of Eva van End, The, Netherlands, 2012
- Dreams, Sweden, 2012
- Eat Sleep Die, Sweden, 2012
- Eliot & Me, Ireland, 2012
- Ella and Friends, Finland, 2012
- Ernest & Célestine, Belgium, France, Luxembourg, 2012
- Everybody Sometimes Falls, Switzerland, 2012
- Fanatics, Finland, 2012
- Felix, Net and Nika and Theoretically Possible Catastrophe, Poland, 2012
- Fourteen, Germany, 2012
- Ginger & Rosa, Great Britain, 2012
- Goat Story With Cheese, Czech Republic, 2012
- Great Bird Race, The (The Twitchers), Denmark, 2012
- Horse on the Balcony, The, Austria, 2012
- Huck Finn, Germany, 2012
- Ice Dragon, The, Sweden, 2012
- Igor and the Cranes' Journey, Israel, Poland, Germany, 2012
- In Fairytale We Trust, Russia, 2012
- In the Name of Sherlock Holmes, Hungary, 2012
- Interval, The, Italy, Switzerland, Germany, 2012
- Itaker – Italians not Allowed, Italy, 2012
- Jelly T., Denmark, 2012
- Journey to the Christmas Star, The, Norway, 2012
- Kauwboy, Netherlands, 2012
- Kid, Belgium, 2012
- Kidd Life, Denmark, 2012
- King of Cotton, Turkey, 2012
- Kirikou and the Men and the Women, France, 2012
- Knight Rusty, Germany, 2012
- Know My Name, Turkey, 2012
- Last Island, The, Spain, 2012
- Lilet Never Happened, Netherlands, 2012
- Little Black Spiders, Belgium, Netherlands, 2012
- Little Lion, France, 2012
- Little Thirteen, Germany, 2012
- Lore, Germany, Great Britain, Australia, 2012
- Manusha – The Little Gypsy Witch, Croatia, Austria, North Macedonia, 2012
- Marco Macaco – Let's Go Bananas, Denmark, 2012
- Max Embarrassing 3, Denmark, 2012
- Mike says Goodbye, Netherlands, 2012
- Milo, Netherlands, 2012
- Miss Blue Jeans, Finland, 2012
- Mister Twister / Class of Fun / , Netherlands, 2012
- Month's Rulers, Czech Republic, 2012
- Moon Man, Germany, France, Ireland, 2012
- My Adventures by V. Swchwrm, Netherlands, 2012
- My Brother The Devil, Great Britain, 2012
- My Mommy is in America and She Met Buffalo Bill, France, 2012
- My Sister’s Kids Home Alone, Denmark, 2012
- Niko 2 – Little Brother, Big Trouble, Finland, Denmark, Germany, Ireland, 2012
- Nono, the Zigzag Kid, Netherlands, 2012
- Not Quite a Simple Story, Russia, 2012
- Notebook, The, Hungary, Germany, 2012
- Nowhere Home, Norway, 2012
- On the Way to School, France, 2012
- One Mile Away – The Road to Freedom, Great Britain, 2012
- Orheim Company, The, Norway, 2012
- Our Big Time, Austria, 2012
- Patty's Catchup, Germany, 2012
- Photograph, The, Poland, Germany, Hungary, 2012
- Pieces of Me, France, 2012
- Pinocchio, Luxembourg, Italy, Belgium France, 2012
- Playground Chronicles, France, 2012
- Private Peaceful, Great Britain, 2012
- Pulce Is Not Here, Italy, 2012
- Rat King, Estonia, Finland, 2012
- Raven the Little Rascal, Germany, 2012
- Red and the Blue, The, Italy, 2012
- Ricky Rapper and Cool Wendy, Finland, 2012
- Ruby Red, Germany, 2012
- Sammy's Adventures 2: Escape from Paradise, Belgium, 2012
- Sams im Glück, Germany, 2012
- Schatzritter*, Germany, Luxembourg, 2012
- Secret, The, Denmark, 2012
- Shell, Great Britain, 2012
- Shifting the Blame, Germany, 2012
- Sister, Switzerland/France, 2012
- Snackbar, Netherlands, 2012
- Snow Dragon, The, Czech Republic, 2012
- Snow Queen, The, Russia, 2012
- Snow Queen, The, Russia, 2012
- Spike Island, Great Britain, 2012
- Süskind, Netherlands, 2012
- Suicide Shop, The, France, Belgium, Canada, 2012
- Summer Outside, Germany, Switzerland, 2012
- Tad, the Lost Explorer, Spain, 2012
- Three Heroes on Distant Shores, Russia, 2012
- Three Kids, Belgium, 2012
- To Be King, Netherlands, 2012
- Tom and Hacke, Germany, 2012
- Tom, the Truant, France, 2012
- Tony 10, Netherlands/Germany, 2012
- Turning Tide, France, 2012
- Vampire Sisters, Germany, 2012
- Victor and the Secret of Crocodile Mansion, Germany, 2012
- Viva Bel@rus!, Poland, 2012
- Wadjda, Germany, Saudi-Arabia, 2012
- Wajma, an Afghan Love Story, France, Afghanistan, 2012
- White Black Boy, Denmark, 2012
- Yegor's Secret, Russia, 2012
- Yoko, Germany, 2012
- You and Me Forever, Denmark, 2012
- You are God, Poland, 2012
- Young Europe, Italy, 2012
- Your Beauty is Worth Nothing ..., Austria, 2012
Your Beauty is Worth Nothing ...
English title: Your Beauty is Worth Nothing ...
Original title: Deine Schönheit ist nichts wert ...
German title: Deine Schönheit ist nichts wert ...
Austria, 2012
Director: Tabak, Hüseyin
Production company: Dor Film
Co-producers: Marangoz Film
Age recommendation: 10 years and up
Synopsis:
Veysel (12), half Kurd, half Turk, fled from Turkey to Austria with his family and has only been living in Vienna for a few months. At school he is a shy outsider, who is considered a problem student because he doesn’t speak the language. At home his older brother Mazlum (18) rebels against their father, who in Mazlum’s eyes left the family to fend for itself for many years while
he went off to be a Kurdish freedom fighter in the mountains. When the conflict between the
father and the elder son culminates in an actual physical struggle, Mazlum runs away from
home. This triggers an argument between the parents.
All these problems and conflicts threaten to overwhelm 12-year-old Veysel, if it weren’t for
his only lifeline: the daydreams in which he seeks refuge with his precious Ana. Ana is a
girl in his class with whom he is very much in love but who in reality knows nothing of
his feelings for her.
At school the children have to recite a poem in German in front of the whole class.
Veysel’s favorite poem is YOUR BEAUTY IS WORTH NOTHING…. by Asik Veysel.
He decides to ask his neighbor to help him translate it into German. Cem is a 33-year-
old Turkish macho who is having problems with his girlfriend and at first he stubbornly
refuses, but when he realizes which poem it is, he agrees to help. Cem is surprised
that a 12-year-old boy is interested in the music and lyrics of Asik Veysel, the most
famous Turkish poet and singer of the twentieth century. With Cem’s help Veysel
works hard and manages to memorize the poem in German, secretly hoping to
impress Ana when he recites it in front of the class.
Then one day the police shows up at the family’s door – it seems they have picked
up Mazlum and, what’s more, the whole family is in danger of being deported.
This would shatter Veysel’s dream of his love for Ana, and his existential struggle
in this new and foreign home begins.
Festivals:
Karlovy Vary 2012, Montreal WFF 2012, Cinedays Skopje 2012 (awarded), Turkish Film Award 2012, Cinefest Miskolc 2012 (awarded), Haifa 2012, Antalya 2012, Thessaloniki 2012, Studio Hamburg Award 2013, Schlingel Chemnitz 2013, Cinekid Amsterdam 2013, Sehpferdchen Hannover 2014, Lucas Frankfurt 2014, Vilnius 2014 (awarded), Cinema in Sneakers Warsaw 2016
Website: www.deine-schoenheit-ist-nichts-wert.at/english/
Study guide: German
World sales address/es:
Dor Film (AT)
Sold to:
Filmladen (AT)
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Bundesverband Jugend und Film (DE)