Prize of the Ecumenical Jury, Berlin 1999 (Forum)

Can, a young dealer from the German-Turkish scene in Berlin-Kreuzberg, is in jail. He thinks about how his attempt to get out of this milieu failed. And although his present situation seems quite bleak – his young family has fallen apart -, there is a redeeming strength in the ruthless manner in which he analyses the situations in which decisions were made. In calm, unhurried images and precise shots, an individual emerges, who by reviewing how he became enmeshed in a criminal world, takes responsibility for his past and who will now be able to act otherwise in the future.