Conference of the Birds
Amin Motallebzadeh
SCREENER
2025
-79min
-Germany
with
Enes Yurdayün, Marten Korte, Lucca Pawlik, Bülent Özdemir
Dené, head coach of a professional football club, passes away and leaves behind a world of sorrow. As club officials try to fill his place, events begin to shift - the signing of a new coach fails, and the team does not show up for the final game. Those involved find themselves in surreal encounters, while Muslim prayers merge with backroom conversations.
“Mysteriously absorbing.”
IN REVIEW ONLINE
“A fascinating first feature.”
CINEUROPA
“A subtle and unexpected film, where soccer becomes the setting for an existential meditation.”
CULTUROPOING
"A sharpness to frame a world apart from the living."
CAHIERS DU CINÉMA
FIDMarseille 2025 - Official Competition
Lanzarote Film Festival 2025 - Best Film Award
