National Competition

THE GULF

• Director: Emre Yeksan
• TURKEY, GERMANY, GREECE / 2017 / DCP / Colour / 110´ / Turkish; English s.t.

• Screenplay: Emre Yeksan, Ahmet Büke
• Director of Photography: Jakub Giza
• Editing: Selda Taşkın
• Music: Ekin Fil
• Cast: Ulaş Tuna Astepe, Ahmet Melih Yılmaz, Serpil Gül, Müfit Kayacan, Merve Dizdar, Damla Ardal, Cem Zeynel Kılıç
• Producer: Anna Maria Aslanoğlu
• Co-Producer: Cihan Aslı Filiz, Dirk Engelhardt, Maria Drandaki
• Production Co.: istos film, Bir Film, Kundschafter Filmproduktion, Homemade Films
• World Sales: istos film

- 2018 ISTANBUL National Competition -- FIPRESCI Prize

- 2017 ADANA Special Jury Prize

Through an environmental disaster that renders the city unliveable, The Gulf tells the story of the transformation that Selim, a recently divorced 30-something, goes through after returning home to Izmir from Istanbul. Every passing day Selim unearths traces of his past in Izmir and starts discovering a new world. Meanwhile, an accident in the gulf deeply affects life in the city. The Gulf reminds us that brand new possibilities might arise at a time when we give up on everything.

This film was a Meetings on the Bridge participant.