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Sardunya

Geranium
TurkishSardunya
Directed byCagil Bocut
Written byCagil Bocut
Story byCagil Bocut
Produced byCaglar Bocut & Aslı Erdem
StarringEvren Duyal Zeyno Eracar Ahsen Eroğlu İlayda Elif Elhih Ali Seçkiner Alıcı[1]
Edited byMesut Ulutaş[2]
Music byCafer Ozan Türkyılmaz
Production
company
Kolor[2]
Release date
  • 12 February 2021 (2021-02-12)
Running time
83 minutes
CountryTurkey
LanguageTurkish

Sardunya (Geranium) is a 2021 film portraying the trials and tribulations of 19-year-old Defne as she spends time with her father in the country following his stroke. The film starring İlayda Elif Elhih as Defne and Ali Seçkiner Alıcı as her father was written and directed by Cagil Bocut; his first feature length film.[3] It was nominated for and won several awards such as at the Istanbul International Film Festival.

Plot

19-year-old Defne is University student in Istanbul. She receives a phone call during her driving exam and learns that her father had a stroke. This leads her to leave Istanbul and return to Urla to live with her father. Both see these difficult times a good opportunity to mend their relationship. Her sick aunt is staying in the same house with Defne and her father as well, which further complicates the situation at the home. Throughout the film, we witness Defne's relationship with her family and the difficulties of the situation that she is in.[4][5][6][7][8]

Major cast

[9][7]
Character Actor
Defne İlayda Elif Elhih
Nadir Ali Seçkiner Alıcı
Mari Evren Duyal
Nur Zeyno Eracar
Harun Tansu Biçer
Gizem Ahsen Eroğlu
Yasemin İrem Taşdemir Akçan

Awards and nominations

[10][2][11]
Year Occasion Award - Category Recipient Result
2021 International Istanbul Film Festival Best Actress İlayda Elif Elhih Won
Best Director of Photography Orçun Özkılınç Won
Seyfi Teoman Best First Film Award Cagil Bocut, Caglar Bocut, Kolor Won
Best Music Nominated
2021 FilmFestival Cottbus Best Debut Film Cagil Bocut, Caglar Bocut, Kolor Won
2021 Ankara International Film Festival Best First Film Cagil Bocut, Caglar Bocut, Kolor Won
2021 Singapore International Film Festival Silver Screen Award - Best Director - Asian Feature Film Cagil Bocut, Kolor Nominated
2022 Tirana International Film Festival Best Debut Film Award Nominated
2021 Malatya International Film Festival Crystal Apricot Award - Best Film Cagil Bocut Nominated
2022 International Frankfurt Turkish Film Festival Best Actor Ali Seçkiner Alıcı, Kolor Won
Best Film - Best Cinematography Orçun Özkılınç, Kolor Won
2021 Cinequest San Jose Film Festival Best First Feature Cagil Bocut, Kolor Nominated
2022 Cinema Jove - Valencia International Film Festival Moon of Valencia Cagil Bocut Nominated
2022 Beijing International Film Festival Foreward Future Award - Most Popular Feature Film Cagil Bocut Nominated
Foreward Future Award - Best New Film Cagil Bocut Nominated
2022 Izmir International Film and Music Festival Nominated

The film also participated in the 2020-2021 Singapore International Film Festival that went from (26 November to 6 December), in the section for first-time and second-time Asian directors, along with 7 other films,[12] and the 22nd International Frankfurt Turkish Film Festival[13] where it won in the category of best cinematography. And the 2nd Izmir International Film and Music Festival.[14]

Production team

Writer and Director Cagil Bocut
Producer Caglar Bocut & Aslı Erdem
Photography Director Orçun Özkılınç
Assistant Director Gülgün Dedeçam
Art Director Onur Yılmaz
Fiction Mesut Ulutaş
Assistant Producer Susanne Mann
Costume Design Meltem Günaydın
Casting Ezgi Baltaş
Festival Consultant Uğur Şahin
Music Ozan Türkyılmaz
Sound Design Uğur Akagündüz
Color Cenk Erol
Lights Murat Can Yozgatlı
Audio Mixing Luis Silva

References

  1. ^ "Sardunya". Box Office Türkiye (in Turkish). Retrieved 2022-10-06.
  2. ^ a b c "Sardunya / Geranium". Ankara Film Festivali (in Turkish). Retrieved 2022-10-05.
  3. ^ "Çağıl Bocut ile Sardunya Üzerine Söyleşi: 'Yoğun Hislerin Telaffuzu'". Altyazı Sinema Dergisi (in Turkish). 16 February 2022. Archived from the original on 16 February 2022. Retrieved 4 April 2022.
  4. ^ ""SARDUNYA" 12 ŞUBAT'TA MUBI'DE". Sandviç (in Turkish). 2022-02-10. Retrieved 2022-10-05.
  5. ^ "Sardunya". filmstarts.de (in German). Retrieved 2022-10-05.
  6. ^ "Sardunya Movie/ Film, Drama, Storyline, Trailer, Star Cast, Crew, Box Office Collection". Filmoria. Retrieved 2022-10-05.[permanent dead link]
  7. ^ a b Gezer, Ekin. "Doğruluğun Gözünden Yanlış: Sardunya". iyikigormusum.com (in Turkish).
  8. ^ "sardunya". filmsiniflandirma.ktb.gov.tr. Retrieved 2022-10-05 – via Ministry of Culture and Tourism.
  9. ^ "Sardunya filminin kadrosu ve yönetmeni". beyazperde.com (in Turkish). Retrieved 2022-10-05.
  10. ^ "Sardunya (2021) Ödüller ve Festivaller". mubi.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2022. Retrieved 4 April 2022.
  11. ^ "Awards". IMDb. Retrieved 2022-10-07.
  12. ^ "Singapore Festival Unveils Lineup for Hybrid Edition". uk.news.yahoo.com. Retrieved 2022-10-06.
  13. ^ "22. ULUSLARARASI FRANKFURT TÜRK FİLM FESTİVALİ'NDE FİNALİSTLER BELLİ OLDU!". Dogus.nl (in Turkish). 2022-05-30. Retrieved 2022-10-07.
  14. ^ "İzmir Uluslararası Film ve Müzik Festivali Zülfü Livaneli'nin film müzikleri ile başladı". Evrensel (in Turkish). İzmir. 11 June 2022. Retrieved 2022-10-07.

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