Completed - GERMAN, ENGLISH, KURDISH, TURKISH - Drama, Thriller, Female director - 117 minutes
In a remote city in northeastern Turkey, a German film crew attempts to shoot documentary while a Turkish surveillance agent deals with seemingly mysterious forces haunting his young daughter. As their stories intertwine, a complex net of conspiracy, paranoia and trauma unfolds.
Year of production : 2023 Director(s) : Ayse POLAT Writer(s) : Ayşe POLAT Cast : Ahmet VARLI, Çaǧla YURGA, Nihan OKUTUCU DENGIZ, Tudan ÜRPER, Katja BÜRKLE, Aybi ERA, Aziz ÇAPKURT Producer(s) : Mehmet AKTAŞ (mîtosfilm)
A German film team is shooting a documentary in northeastern Turkey. In a remote Kurdish village, they witness an elderly woman performing a recurring ritual to keep the memory of her missing son alive. The Kurdish translator of the German crew is also the nanny of Melek, a 7-year-old Turkish girl. Her father, Zafer, works for a sinister organization and is caught between loyalty to them and fear for his family's well-being when his daughter appears to be haunted by a mysterious force. As these people are drawn together by a fateful encounter, a destructive power begins to unleash itself. IN THE BLIND SPOT unravels a complex net of conspiracy, paranoia and generational trauma.
Country(ies) : GERMANY
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Berlinale - EFM 2023 (Encounter section)Istanbul Film Festival 2023 (Golden Tulip for Best Film, Best Screenplay - Ayşe Polat )Izmir International Film and Music Festival 2023Ankara Film Festival 2023Ayvalik Film Festival 2023Bolzano Film Fest Bozen 2023Festival Des Deutschen Films in Madrid 2023Festival Des Deutschen Films in Paris 2023Festival Des Deutschen Films in China (Beijing) 2023Hong Kong Asian Film Festival 2023Orient Express Filmtage und Kulturwochen 2023Taste of Anatolia Film Festival 2023Vancouver Turkish Film Festival 2023Singapore International Film Festival 2023 International Filmfest Oldenburg 2023 ( German Independence Award)Istanbul Film Festival 2023 (FIPRESCI Prize)Turkish Film Festival Berlin 2023