ABOUT DRY GRASSES

Samet, a young art teacher, is finishing his fourth year of compulsory service in a remote village in Anatolia. After a turn of events he can hardly make sense of, he loses his hopes of escaping the grim life he seems to be stuck in. Will his encounter with Nuray, herself a teacher, help him overcome his angst?

Original title Kuru Otlar Ustune
Directed by Nuri Bilge Ceylan
Screenplay Nuri Bilge Ceylan Ebru Ceylan Akin Aksu
Cast Deniz Celiloğlu Merve Dizdar Musab Ekici Ece Bağcı
Music Philip Timofeyev Giuseppe Verdi
Cinematography Cevahir Sahin Kursat Uresin
Editing Nuri Bilge Ceylan Oguz Atabas
Production Companies NBC Film Memento Production Komplizen Film
Festival de Cannes
2023 | Official Competition
Award for Best Actress — Merve Dizdar
Karlovy Vary International Film Festival
2023 | Horizons
Jerusalem Film Festival
2023 | International Competition
Nomination: Nechama Rivlin Award for Best International Film
New Horizons International Film Festival
2023 | Masters
Melbourne International Film Festival
2023 | Official Selection
Toronto International Film Festival
2023 | Centrepiece
Filmfest Hamburg
2023 | Kaleidoscope
Montreal Festival du Nouveau Cinéma
2023 | Les Incontournables!
Busan International Film Festival
2023 | Icons
Ghent Film Festival
2023 | Gala & Specials
Chicago International Film Festival
2023 | International Competition
Silver Hugo — Best Supporting Performance: Ece Bağcı
Nomination: Gold Hugo — Best Feature
Viennale — Vienna International Film Festival
2023 | Official Selection
Mostra — São Paulo International Film Festival
2023 | Perspectiva International
AFI FEST
2023 | Luminaries
Geneva International Film Festival (GIFF)
2023 | Highlights
Mannheim-Heidelberg International Film Festival (IFFMH)
2023 | Filmscapes
Marrakech International Film Festival
2023 | Special Screenings
Singapore International Film Festival
2023 | Altitude
International Cinematographers’ Film Festival Manaki Brothers
2023
Golden Camera 300 — Main Competition: Cevahir Şahin & Kürşat Üresin
New York Film Festival
2023
Sarajevo Film Festival
2023
Tbilisi International Film Festival
2023
Lima Film Festival
2023
Helsinki International Film Festival — Love & Anarchy
2023
MedFilm Festival — Rome
2023
Cairo International Film Festival
2023
Jakarta World Cinema Week
2023
Batumi International Art-House Film Festival
2023
Ulaanbaatar International Film Festival
2023
Message to Man International Film Festival
2023
Ljubljana International Film Festival
2023
Film Week Buenos Aires
2023
Days of European Film
2024
Dublin International Film Festival
2024 | Drama
Göteborg Film Festival
2024 | Masters
Tromsø International Film Festival
2024 | Horizons
Beijing International Film Festival (BJIFF)
2024 | Première
Sydney Film Festival
2024 | Features
Shanghai International Film Festival
2024 | New From Auteur
Lumière Awards
2024
Lumière Award — Best International Coproduction
Turkish Film Critics Association (SIYAD) Awards
2023
Best Film
Best Director — Nuri Bilge Ceylan
Best Actor — Deniz Celiloğlu
Best Actress — Merve Dizdar
Best Supporting Actress — Ece Bağcı
Sadri Alışık Theatre and Cinema Awards
2024
Ekrem Bora Best Rising Actor / Actress Award — Ece Bağcı
Erden Kıral Special Award — Merve Dizdar
Golden Panda Awards
2025
Best Screenplay for a Motion Picture — Nuri Bilge Ceylan & Ebru Ceylan

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