Motherland (2015 film)
| Motherland | |
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| Directed by | Senem Tüzen |
| Written by | Senem Tüzen |
| Produced by | Adam Isenberg Olena Yershova Senem Tüzen |
| Starring | Esra Bezen Bilgin Nihal Koldaş Fatma Kısa Semih Aydın |
| Cinematography | Vedat Özdemir |
| Edited by | Adam Isenberg Yorgos Mavropsaridis |
Production company | Zela Film |
Release date |
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Running time | 98 minutes |
| Countries | Turkey, Greece |
| Language | Turkish |
Motherland (
Tüzen's debut feature premiered at the 72nd Venice International Film Festival in the International Film Critics' Week section in September, 2015.[2]
Plot
Nesrin is an urban, upper–middle-class woman recovering from a divorce. She's quit her office job, abandoned her house in Istanbul, and come to the village house of her deceased grandmother to finish a novel and live out her childhood dream of being a writer. When her conservative and increasingly unhinged mother turns up uninvited and refuses to leave, Nesrin's writing stalls and her fantasies of village life turn bitter as the two are forced to confront the darker corners of each other's inner worlds. [1]
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Accolades
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| Award | Date of ceremony | Category | Recipients and nominees | Result | |
| Venice Film Festival[3] | 23 July 2015 | Lion of the Future | Senem Tüzen | Nominated | |
Warsaw International Film Festival[4]
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19 October 2015 | FIPRESCI Award | Senem Tüzen | Won | |
Warsaw International Film Festival[4]
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19 October 2015 | NETPAC Award (Best Asian Film) | Senem Tüzen | Won | |
| Tbilisi Film Festival[5] | 10 December 2015 | Golden Prometheus (Best Film) | Senem Tüzen | Won | |
| Asia Pacific Screen Awards[6] | 26 November 2015 | Best Screenplay | Senem Tüzen | Won | |
| Asia Pacific Screen Awards[7] | 5 October 2015 | UNESCO Award | Senem Tüzen | Nominated | |
International Adana Film Festival[8]
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20 September 2015
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SIYAD Best Film (Turkish Film Critics) | Senem Tüzen | Won | |
International Adana Film Festival[8]
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20 September 2015
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Best Screenplay | Senem Tüzen | Won | |
International Adana Film Festival[8]
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20 September 2015
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Best Lead Actress | Nihal Koldaş | Won | |
International Adana Film Festival[8]
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20 September 2015
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Best Cinematography | Vedat Özdemir | Won | |
International Adana Film Festival[8]
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20 September 2015 | FİLM-YÖN Best Director | Senem Tüzen | Won | |
Reykjavik International Film Festival[9]
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12 September 2015 | Golden Puffin Award | Senem Tüzen | Nominated | |
| Gothenburg Film Festival[10] | 12 January 2016 | The Ingmar Bergman International Debut Award | Senem Tüzen | Nominated | |
References
- ^ "Ana Yurdu - Venice International Film Critics' Week".
- ^ "Venice Critics' Week Section Announces Lineup Of Promising First Works". Variety.
- ^ "An all-European Critics' Week at Venice". Cineurope.
- ^ a b "Critics pick Turkey's 'Ana Yurdu' as best film at Warsaw festival". Today's Zaman. Archived from the original on 20 October 2015. Retrieved 19 October 2015.
- ^ "Georgia Impresses at Prometheus but Turkey Wins Gold". Georgia Today. Retrieved 10 December 2015.
- ^ "Asia Pacific Screen Awards: Apichatpong Weerasethakul's 'Cemetery Of Splendor' Wins Best Feature". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 13 November 2014.
- If Magazine. Retrieved 5 October 2015.
- ^ Adana Film Festival. Archived from the original(PDF) on 13 August 2016. Retrieved 20 September 2015.
- ^ "Reykjavik reveals Golden Puffin contenders". Screen International. Retrieved 12 September 2015.
- ^ "'The Yard' to kick off 450 films in Goteborg". Screen International. Retrieved 13 November 2014.
External links
- Official website
- Ana Yurdu at IMDb
