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National Competition

BROTHERS
KARDEŞLER

13+ 15A

• Director: Ömür Atay
• TURKEY, GERMANY, BULGARIA / 2018 / DCP / Colour / 102’ / Turkish; English s.t.

• Screenplay: Ömür Atay
• Director of Photography: A. Emre Tanyıldız
• Editing: Doruk Kaya, Amon Guilliard
• Music: Erdem Helvacıoğlu, Victor Chouchkov
• Cast: Yiğit Ege Yazar, Caner Şahin, Gözde Mutluer
• Producer: Funda Ödemiş
• Co-Producer: Stefan Gieren, Borislav Chouchkov
• Production Co.: Off Film, Atay Film
• World Sales: ArtHood Entertainment GmbH

- 2018 ADANA -- Best Actor (C. Şahin & Y. E. Yazar), Best Newcomer Actress (G. Mutluer)
- 2019 DHAKA -- Best Actor (Y. E. Yazar)
- 2019 NÜRNBERG Turkey-Germany Film Fest  -- Best Film

Yusuf, who has obeyed the family elders’ decision and set his sister up for an honour killing, and his brother Ramazan, who committed the murder, reunite 4 years later when Yusuf is discharged on probation from the detention center. The family turned in Yusuf, as he was a minor at the time of the murder and would get a reduced sentence. Yusuf’s regret for what he did starts to become a threat to the family. Entering the lives of the two brothers condemned to one another’s destiny, Yasemin becomes the unwilling witness to the honour killing that is kept as a family secret. As Yusuf and Ramazan reckon with their past and their conscience, Yasemin becomes another liability for the family, just like Yusuf.

This film was a Meetings on the Bridge participant.