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Completed - TURKISH - Drama, First film - 97 minutes

Log Line

Deniz and her friends, who have been apart for the summer have much to tell each other. The senior boys have suddenly grown tall; new albums have been released; the natural gas pipeline has finally made its way to Balikesir. Yet at the same time, not much has changed.

Year of production : 2013

Director(s) : Merve KAYAN, Zeynep DADAK
Writer(s) : Merve KAYAN, Zeynep DADAK
Cast : Ayris ALPTEKIN, Onur SAYLAK, Baris HACIHAN, Albina OZDEN, Nazli BULUM, Begüm AKKAYA, Sude ASLANTAS, Derya YANMAZ, Cuneyt YALAZ

Producer(s) : Yamaç OKUR (Bulut Film), Floor ONRUST (Family Affair Films), Michael ECKELT (Riva Film), Nikos MOUTSELOS (Two Thirty Five)

Synopsis

Deniz and her friends, who have been apart for the summer have much to tell each other. The senior boys have suddenly grown tall; new albums have been released; the natural gas pipeline has finally made its way to Balikesir. Yet at the same time, not much has changed. While adults are busy with their professional lives, Deniz and her friends are still confused about their university plans. Through the worries of their daily routines, they make plans for the future, yet the challenges of teenage years/adolescence are burdensome. Deniz gets closer with her schoolmate Kaya, at the same time she’s interested in the school counselor Firat. She wants to prove what she is feeling is not “the usual.” Deniz desires a life that is different than the ideals of her friends and the one her parents are living. A song nobody has heard of, a hopeless love, solitude... Ankara instead of Istanbul, social sciences over natural sciences... A different world, but where exactly?

Production

Country(ies) : TURKEY, GERMANY, NETHERLANDS, GREECE

Financing plan : Eurimages
Ministry of Culture and Tourism of Turkey
Hubert Bals
Dutch Film Fund
Hamburg Film Fund

Start of shooting : October 2012

Festivals and Awards

Berlinale - EFM 2014 (Generation)


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