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Golden Tulip Competition

THE FLYING MEATBALL MAKER
UÇAN KÖFTECİ

• Director: Rezan Yeşilbaş
• TÜRKİYE, GERMANY, BULGARIA / 2025 / DCP / Colour / 106’ / Turkish, Kurdish; Turkish, English s.t.

• Screenplay: Rezan Yeşilbaş
• Director of Photography: Dilşat Canan
• Editing: Osman Bayraktaroğlu, Yaşar Buğra Dedeoğlu, Rezan Yeşilbaş
• Cast: Nazmi Kırık, Selin Yeninci, Aram Dildar, Cahit Şahin Yalçın, Aslı Işık, Ali Bengin Yeşilbaş
• Producer: Rezan Yeşilbaş, Azat Yeşilbaş
• Production Co.: Rez Film
• World Sales: Rez Film

Türkiye Premiere

Kadir, a meatball vendor, discovers that he can realise his long-standing desire to fly thanks to a device called a ‘paramotor’, a powered parachute. From that moment on, he starts to practise parachuting hopefully and tirelessly. This extraordinary dream is widely considered utterly odd, provocative, and even causes him to be heavily criticised. Moreover, due to the political mood in the city, this passion for flying causes unexpected incidents, absurd as a threat to airspace security. Despite everything he goes through, Kadir does not give up on his dream and his passion for gliding in the sky with his colourful parachute. The Flying Meatball Maker had its world premiere at Rotterdam Film Festival.

* 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.