Completed - TURKISH - Drama - 93 minutes
Asli is recently appointed as a nurse to a small, distant town, where the winter has become seemingly endless this year and raised rumours of bears awakening early from winter-sleep. When a man from the town goes missing, Asli finds herself surrounded by power relationships, secrets, and doubts.
Year of production : 2022 Director(s) : Selcen ERGUN Writer(s) : Selcen ERGUN, Yeşim ASLAN Cast : Merve DIZDAR, Saygin SOYSAL, Asiye DINÇSOY, Erkan BEKTAŞ, Derya Pınar AK Producer(s) : Nefes POLAT (NEFES FILMS), Michael ECKELT (RIVA FILMPRODUKTION GMBH), Miloš IVANOVIĆ (SET SAIL FILMS)
Aslı is a young nurse, recently appointed to a border town in Turkey, a remote place cut off from the world by harsh winter that never seems to come to an end and awakens fearful rumours of bears rising from their winter sleep. When a man from the town goes missing one night, Aslı finds herself surrounded by power relationships, secrets, and doubts. This is the story of a young woman who must find her way in a society conditioned by masculinity and her crash-course in discovering a side of her that is as tough as the winter itself.
Country(ies) : TURKEY, GERMANY, SERBIA
Toronto - TIFF 2022 Discovery Luxembourg City Film Festival 2022Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival 2022 (Golden Orange for best actress, Special Jury Prize for Best First Film)Balkan Film Festival 2022Mena Film Festival 2022International Bosphorus Cinema Association 2022 (Best Feature Film, Best Screenplay, Best Actress, Best Editing, Best Cinematography )Film Festival Cottbus of Eastern European Cinema 2022Turkish film Festival Frankfurt 2023Ankara International Film Festival 2023 London Georgian Black Sea Film Festival 2023IFFI GOA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2023Turkish Film Festival Cologne 2023Filmfest Hamburg 2023Marrakech International Film Festival 2023 Amman International Film Festival 2023BENGALURU INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2023International Film Festival of Kerala 2023Seattle international Film Festiva 2023Sydney International Film Festival 2023Seoul International Women’s Film Festival 2023Brussels International Film Festival 2023San Francisco International Film Festival 2023 (Golden Gate Award for Best New Director )TORINO UNDERGROUND CINEFEST 2023 (Best Director)