Emily Atef

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Emily Atef (born 6 May, 1973; Berlin) is a German filmmaker based in Berlin. At the age of 7, Atef moved from Berlin to Los Angeles with her French-Iranian parents and her brother the drummer Cyril Atef. She was 13 when they moved to France, where Atef finished school, and later she went to London to work as an actor in the London theater scene. Atef returned to Berlin to study film direction at the prestigious Deutsche Film und Fernsehakademie Berlin. Her first feature-length film Molly's Way which, like her 2 following feature films was co-authored by Esther Bernstorff received an advancement award at the Filmfest München (film festival Munich) in 2005 for best script and the Grand Jury Award at the Mar del Plata Film Festival, the only A-Festival in South America as well as several other awards. Her second feature-length film The Stranger in Me which deals with a young mother having postnatal depression also received several awards and was screened at the International Critics' Week of the Cannes Film Festival. In 2017, Emily Atef wrote and directed the feature film 3 Days in Quiberon It depicts 3 emotional days of one of Europe's biggest stars, Romy Schneider where she gave her last German interview to ‘Stern’ magazine. 3 Days in Quiberon had its world premiere in the competition section of the 68. Berlin International Film Festival and competed for the Golden Bear. 3 Days in Quiberon was the big winner at the German Academy Awards in 2018 taking home seven Lolas. In 2022 her film More Than Ever, starring Vicky Krieps and Gaspard Ulliel, was shown in the section Un certain regard at the 75th Cannes Film Festival.

Most Popular Emily Atef Trailers

Total trailers found: 16

Marseille Trailer (2004)

23 September 2004

A young Berlin photographer participates in an apartment swap with a stranger in Marseille to briefly explore the French city.

Kill Me Trailer (2012)

25 April 2012

A teenage girl helps an escaped fugitive flee Germany into France, after extracting a promise that he will help her commit suicide.

Molly's Way Trailer (2005)

20 November 2005

Though she only knows his first name and that he ‘works in coal’, Molly, a young Irish woman, travels to a small Polish town to find the man with whom she had a memorable one-night stand several months before.

Asyl Trailer (2004)

01 January 2004

Documentary about refugees in Berlin

Someday We'll Tell Each Other Everything Trailer (2023)

13 April 2023

Set in a warm summer in 1990 in former East Germany, it follows a young woman who begins a relationship with a charismatic farmer who is twice her age.

3 Days in Quiberon Trailer (2018)

12 April 2018

1981, Quiberon, a small village on the coast of Brittany, France. Hilde Fritsch arrives to visit her old friend who has retreated to a spa hotel to escape the daily pressures of her life.

Sundays Trailer (2003)

01 January 2003

I Love You, I Kill You Trailer (2004)

01 January 2004

Call Me Queen Trailer (2026)

15 October 2026

The film depicts a friendship between an Irish journalist in Kenya and a Rwandan woman, who pair up to combat the AIDS crisis in the 1990s.

Don't Worry, I'm Fine Trailer (2017)

25 October 2017

A family drama about a German teenager who leaves home totally unexpectedly to join the ranks of the so-called Islamic State (IS) in its armed struggle.

More Than Ever Trailer (2022)

16 November 2022

Hélène, a 33-year-old woman from Bordeaux, France, lives happily as a couple with Mathieu, her husband of many years.

Jackpot Trailer (2020)

26 October 2020

A bag with over 600,000 euros in cash, just like that in a towed car: When Maren, who works at a car depot, finds the bag, she cannot resist the temptation.

Queen of the Night Trailer (2016)

15 June 2016

Inge and Ludwig are full-time farmers in the Black Forest, with dairy cows and a dairy. Everything organic, all the highest quality.

The Stranger in Me Trailer (2008)

16 October 2008

A young couple in love: Rebecca (32) and her boyfriend Julian (34) are expecting their first child and are full of pleasant expectation.

XX to XY: Fighting to Be Jake Trailer (2003)

01 January 2003

Interview with "Jake" a young transgendered Brit who is undergoing the process of changing from female to male.

Desired Children Trailer (2016)

08 October 2016

The life of Marie and Peter seems perfect, but their greatest wish remains unfulfilled: a family of their own.