National Competition

ZUHAL

• Director: Nazlı Elif Durlu
• TURKEY, GERMANY / 2021 / DCP / Colour / 88’ / Turkish; English s.t.

• Screenplay: Nazlı Elif Durlu, Ziya Demirel
• Director of Photography: Sebastian Weber
• Editing: Buğra Dedeoğlu, Selda Taşkın
• Music: Alexander Lawrence, Yusuf Tan Demirel
• Art Director: Osman Özcan 
• Cast: Nihal Yalçın, Sadi Celil Cengiz, Çağdaş Ekin Şişman, Sena Başdoğan, Sencar Sağdıç, Aysan Sümercan, Fatih Al, Şebnem Sönmez, Nur Sürer
• Producer: Anna Maria Aslanoğlu
• Co-Producer: Tanay Abbasoğlu, Jamila Wenske, Tolga Karaçelik, Öykü Canlı
• Production Co.: istos film
• World Sales: Film Republic

2022 İstanbul Best Debut Film Prize, Best Screenplay, Best Editing
2021 Antalya Best Actress (Nihal Yalçın)

Zuhal’s routine is disturbed by a cat’s meow she keeps hearing in her flat. Even though none of her neighbours hears it, she starts an investigation in the building in order to find the cat.

This film was a Meetings on the Bridge participant.