SIBEL

Çağla Zencirci and Guillaume Giovanetti

turkey france germany luxembourg 2018 95 min

25-year-old Sibel lives with her father and sister in an isolated village in the mountains of Turkey’s Black Sea region. Unable to speak, she communicates through the area’s ancestral whistled language. Rejected by the villagers, she relentlessly searches the surrounding forest for a wolf that has become the object of their fears and fantasies. There she encounters a wounded fugitive who is threatening yet vulnerable, and who is the first person to see her in a new light.

• About the film

  Directed by Çağla Zencirci & Guillaume Giovanetti

  Screenplay Çağla Zencirci Ramata-Toulaye Sy Guillaume Giovanetti

  Cast Damla Sönmez Emin Gürsoy Erkan Kolçak Köstendil Elit İşcan Meral Çetinkaya

  Music Bassel Hallak Pi

  Cinematography Eric Devin

  Editing Véronique Lange

  Production Companies Les Films du Tambour Riva Filmproduktion Bidibul Productions Mars Production Reborn Production

• Festivals & Awards

  Locarno Film Festival
  2018 | International Competition — World Premiere
  FIPRESCI Prize
  Prize of the Ecumenical Jury
  Young Jury Prize — 2nd Prize

  Toronto International Film Festival
  2018 | Contemporary World Cinema

  I Pardi di Locarno a Milano
  2018 | Official Selection

  Haifa International Film Festival
  2018 | Golden Anchor Competition

  Adana International Film Festival
  2018 | National Feature Film Competition
  Golden Boll — Best Film
  Best Actress — Damla Sönmez
  Best Supporting Actor — Emin Gürsoy

  Filmfest Hamburg
  2018 | Official Selection
  Hamburg Producers Award — European Cinema Co-Productions

  Busan International Film Festival
  2018 | Flash Forward

  Chicago International Film Festival
  2018 | Official Competition

  Cinémed — Montpellier Mediterranean Film Festival
  2018 | Feature Film Competition
  Critics Award — BNP Paribas
  Audience Award — Midi Libre

  Thessaloniki International Film Festival
  2018 | Balkan Survey
  Audience Award

  MedFilm Festival — Rome
  2018 | Official Competition
  University Jury Award

  Stockholm International Film Festival
  2018 | Official Selection

  Kolkata International Film Festival
  2018 | Official Selection

  Tokyo FILMeX
  2018 | Competition

  Asia Pacific Screen Awards
  2018 | Competition
  Nomination — Best Performance by an Actress — Damla Sönmez

  Medfest Brussels
  2018 | Competition

  Tbilisi International Film Festival
  2018 | Official Selection

  London Film Week
  2018 | Official Selection
  Best Acting — Damla Sönmez

  Eskişehir International Film Festival
  2018 | Official Selection
  Best Performance of the Year — Damla Sönmez

  Festival Cinéma Méditerranéen de Bruxelles
  2018 | Official Competition
  Grand Jury Prize
  Cineuropa Prize
  Youth Jury Award

  Seattle International Film Festival
  2019 | Official Selection
  Golden Space Needle Award — Best Actress — Damla Sönmez

  Sadri Alışık Theatre and Cinema Awards
  2019 | Cinema Awards
  Best Performance by an Actress — Damla Sönmez

  Pays de Fayence Film Festival
  2018 | Official Selection
  Audience Award

  Amiens International Film Festival
  2018 | Official Selection
  CCAS Jury Prize