When We Leave was the last feature I worked on before I left Berlin. I was so happy to see it win Tribeca. Congratulations to Feo!
Tribeca Fest Honors ‘When We Leave’ & ‘Monica and David’ – indieWIRe
Expressing “gratitude” and “surprise,” German director Feo Aladag’s “When We Leave” (Die Fremde) took the Tribeca Film Festival’s Founders Award for Best Narrative Feature, while American director Alexandra Codina’s “Monica & David” won Best Documentary Feature at a ceremony in Manhattan’s Union Square Thursday evening. Both winner received $25,000 in cash and their respective original pieces of art.


