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National Documentary Competition

DUET
DÜET

• Director: İdil Akkuş, Ekin İlkbağ
• TURKEY / 2022 / DCP / Colour / 72’ / Turkish; English s.t.

• Screenplay: İdil Akkuş, Ekin İlkbağ
• Director of Photography: İdil Akkuş, Ekin İlkbağ
• Editing: İdil Akkuş
• Music: Davut Özdemir
• With: Defne Bakırcı, Mısra Gündeş, Anna Yuzhakova, Nataliya Maschcuk
• Producer: Ali Bilgin
• Production Co.: Pablo Film
• World Sales: Pablo Film

2023 Istanbul Film Festival Special Mention
2022 Antalya Jury Special Prize

Mısra and Defne are two close friends and duet partners who met performing synchronized swimming. After failing to qualify for the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics, they set a shared goal: the 2020 Olympics. Not too long after, their regarded coach Natalie is removed from office by the federation without any reason stated. What follows is emotional devastation and disruption of scheduled practices, which in turn lead to a decline in their performances. Inadequate resources and the global COVID-19 pandemic lead the duet to come to a decision on whether to keep the fight or to find new paths in life.

This film was a Meetings on the Bridge participant.