National Competition

GERANIUM
SARDUNYA

• Director: Çağıl Bocut
• TURKEY / 2021 / DCP / Colour / 83’ / Turkish

• Screenplay: Çağıl Bocut
• Director of Photography: Orçun Özkılınç
• Editing: Mesut Ulutaş
• Music: Ozan Türkyılmaz
• Cast: İlayda Elif Elhih, Ali Seçkiner Alıcı, Evren Duyal, Zeyno Eracar, Tansu Biçer, Ahsen Eroğlu
• Producer: Çağlar Bocut, Aslı Erdem
• Co-Producer: Susanne Mann
• Production Co.: Kolor
• World Sales: Kolor

13A
10+

2021 İstanbul Best Actress (İlayda Elif Elhih), Best DoP, Seyfi Teoman Best Debut Film Prize

Just before her final exams, 19-year-old Defne has to return to her hometown after her father suffers a stroke. His rehabilitation sessions will give the pair a chance to heal their fragile relationship. Slowly drawn into a family drama in this Mediterranean town, she witnesses her aunt’s suicide by unprescribed pills she has provided. Buried under her guilty conscience, she slowly finds herself losing her innocence and questioning her own notion of justice.

*This film is nominated for the Seyfi Teoman Debut Film Prize

This film was a Meetings on the Bridge participant.