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Sonnenallee
Sonnenallee ("Sun Avenue" or "Sun Alley") is a 1999 comedy film about life in East Berlin in the late 1970s. The movie was directed by Leander Haußmann. The film was released shortly before the corresponding novel, "Am kürzeren Ende der Sonnenallee" ("At the Shorter End of Sonnenallee"). Both the book and the screenplay were written by Thomas Brussig and while they are based on the same characters and setting, differ in storyline significantly. Both the movie and the book emphasize
- Sep 2013, Best Feature, 11th Pacific Meridian Film Festival (Vladivostok, Russia)
- Sep 2013, NETPAC Prize, 11th Pacific Meridian Film Festival (Vladivostok, Russia)
- Sep 2013, Grand Jury Prize, 10th Jameson Cinefest (Miskolc, Hungary)
- Sep 2013, FIPRESCI Prize, 10th Jameson Cinefest (Miskolc, Hungary)
- Sep 2013, International Ecumenical Jury Prize, 10th Jameson Cinefest (Miskolc, Hungary)
- Oct 2013, Best Narrative Feature Film, 22nd Philadelphia Film Festival