MERAL, KIZIM // 2015 // FICTION // drama // 23´ // ARRI SR3 S16mm KODAK

Whereas Meral already escaped her traditional family long ago, her medical condition suddenly forces her back. Nobody accepts her condition. Only to her younger sister she feels a special connection. 

director Süheyla Schwenk // dop Antonia Lange // producer Roxana Richters // dffb (Deutsche Film- & Fernsehakademie Berlin)

cast Denise Ankel, Tülin Baris, Serpil Pak, Cetin Ipekkaya, Nizam Namidar, Paul Walther

shot in studio 

festivals *** Max Ophüls Festival 2015 („Competition Short“) // *** Winner of Achtung Berlin Festival 2015 (Best Short) // *** if! Festival Istanbul („Competition Short“) // *** Poitiers Film Festival 2016 // *** World Cinema Amsterdam // *** Winner of Audience Award at Festival de l´Image à Épinal 2017 // *** Kyiv International Short film Festival 2017