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HARVEST OF LIGHT
IŞIĞIN HASADI

• Director: Esin Özalp Öztürk
• TÜRKİYE / 2024 / DCP / Colour / 52’ / Turkish, Kurdish; Turkish, English s.t.

• Screenplay: Esin Özalp Öztürk
• Director of Photography: Ayaz Bilgiç
• Editing: Şahin Yıldız
• Art Director: Esin Özalp Öztürk
• Cast: Katılanlar With: Ahmet Özgeyikçi, Zeynep Demirbüken, Gülistan Demirbüken, Ünal Demirbüken, Mehmet Sinan Demirbüken, İsmail Demirbüken, Halime Abay, Kadriye Abay, Ali Abay, Fatma Yıldız, Altan Pektaş, Şorena Arabidze, Meryem Karataş
• Producer: Esin Özalp Öztürk
• Production Co.: ArtEA Productions
• World Sales: ArtEA Productions

2024 Madrid Special Jury Award
2024 Canadian Cinematography Awards Best Feature Film Cinematography, Best Documentary Cinematography, Best Feature Film, Best Documentary Film, Best Producer
2024 Sweden Film Awards Best Woman Filmmaker, Best Feature Documentary
2024 Eastern Europe FF Best Cinematography
2024 Boston Turkish FF Preliminary Jury Special Award
2024 ARFF International: Audience Award

Turkish capital Ankara’s district Evren is home to a community of seasonal workers. The workers, who come with their families to harvest onions, try coping with various difficulties while holding on to life. Harvest of Light centres on the single generator used as a symbolic beacon of hope, and which operates for only two hours a day. The documentary raises awareness of workers’ rights, child labour, women’s empowerment, and education.

* In accordance with Article 7 of the Law No. 5224 amended on 18.01.2019, cinema films that have not been reviewed and classified can only be screened in festivals, special screenings and similar cultural and artistic events with an 18+ age restriction.

This film was a Meetings on the Bridge participant.