Ishaq
After losing her daughter to ISIS, Silvi travels to Iraqi Kurdistan to meet her grandson Ishaq, who lives in an orphanage. Despite cultural barriers and the burden of shared trauma, she fights step by step to build a connection with him. But as Silvi’s return journey to Germany approaches, she must make a momentous decision.
Cast
- Silvi
- Bettina Hoppe
- Ishaq
- Daniel Kamal
- Reyhan
- Mahabad Ibrahim
- Hotelangestellte
- Anna Sophie Schindler
Ishaq
Tuna Kaptan
- Short film
- Production Country / Year
- Germany, Iraq 2025
- Language
- dt., ku., engl. OF m. dt. UT
- Format
- Digital file, Color, 19min
2.35:1, Discrete 5.1
Director & Crew
Tuna Kaptan
Born in 1985 in Munich. Studied Romance Studies, Theater and Media Studies, followed by Documentary Directing and Television Journalism at the University of Television and Film Munich. Active as a director, screenwriter and producer.
Filmography
| 2009 | Liebe, Respekt und mein Auto | Dokumentarfilm | |
| 2011 | Bordo Mavi | Dokumentarfilm | |
| 2012 | Herr Siebzehnrübl | Dokumentarfilm | |
| 2013 | Nacht Grenze Morgen | Dokumentarfilm | |
| 2016 | Sussuelo | Essayfilm | |
| 2017 | Schildkrötenpanzer | Dokumentarfilm | |
| 2019 | Hörst du, Mutter? | Kurzfilm | |
| 2023 | Rohbau | Spielfilm | 2023 |
| 2025 | Echt Friends | Serie | |
| Ishaq | Kurzfilm | 2025 |
- Writer
- Tuna Kaptan
- Director of Photography
- Semih Yildiz
- Editor
- Lucian Toro Hirsch
- Beatrice Babin
- Set Designer
- Hashim Shaji
- Costume Designer
- Jasmeen Waleed
- Casting Director
- Anna Sophie Schindler
- Sound
- Hiwa Shew
- Sound Designer
- Nils Gradlowsky
- Music Composer
- Chiara Strickland
- TV Commissioning Editor
- Claudia Gladzejewski
- Producer
- Tuna Kaptan