Belonging
Original title: "Aidiyet"
Directed by
Burak Çevik founded Fol Cinema Society and curated experimental and arthouse film screenings. He was lecturer on Non-Fiction between 2018-2020 at Istanbul Bilgi University. His films The Pillar of Salt and Belonging premiered at Berlinale Forum in a row, 2018 & 2019. His video works screened various festivals such as Locarno, Toronto and New York Film Festival.
Cinematography by
Barış Aygen
Edited by
Burak Çevik, Ali Aga
Music by
Mine Pakel
Main cast
Eylül Su Sapan, Çağlar Yalçınkaya
Color: colored, Running time: 73, Format: DCP, Countries: TR, FR, CA, Languages: Turkish
Producer(s)
Selman Nacar is a filmmaker and producer, studied at MFA Film in Directing at Columbia University in New York and taught fiction filmmaking course at the same university. He graduated from Istanbul Bilgi University Law Faculty in 2015 and Film Faculty in 2016. He is an alumnus of Berlinale Talent 2019 and First Films First 2020. Selman produced ‘The Pillar of Salt’ in 2018 and ‘Belonging’ in 2019, which both directed by Burak Çevik and premiered at Berlin Film Festival Forum Section. He directed his debut film ‘Between Two Dawns’ in 2020.
Production company(s)
Fol Film, Kuyu Film
Awards
Bosphorus Film Festival — Best Film & Best Script, Open City Documentary Festival — Emerging International Filmmaker
Co-producer(s)
Kerem Ayan, Mustafa Uzuner
Festivals
Berlinale Forum, New Directors / New Films, Sarajevo Film Festival, Thessaloniki Film Festival, Transilvania Film Festival, Fajr Film Festival, Dokufest, Sahalin Film Festival, Boğaziçi Film Festival, Montreal International Documentary Festival, Calgary Film Festival, Halifax Independent Filmmakers Festival, First Film Festival, Vancouver Film Festival, La Plata Festi-Freak, Sao Paulo Film Festival, Rabat Film Festival, Keswick Film Festival, Yerevan Golden Apricot Film Festival, Open City Documentary Festival
Synopsis
A man narrates how he and his girlfriend planned the murder of his future mother-in-law, who was against their relationship. A topographic observation by following the locations of a criminal case 15 years after the incident, accompanied by statements given by the suspects. Then, it shows the night that the murderer couple met.
