Seaburners
Original title: "Kumun Tadı"
Directed by
Melisa Önel
Melisa Önel was born in Izmir in 1980. A filmmaker and a photographer, Önel is a member of the photographers’ initiative RecCollective. Her work has been exhibited in many international exhibitions. Her first short film Omega Fox (2007) was selected to the Hisar Short Film Selection, a collection of the ten best short films of the year in Turkey. Her medium-length documentary Me and Nuri Bala (2009) received the Best First Documentary award at the 46th Antalya Film Festival. Seaburners is her first feature film.
Cinematography by
Julian Atanassov, Meryem Yavuz
Edited by
Özcan Vardar
Music by
Erdem Helvacıoğlu
Main cast
Mira Furlan, Timuçin Esen, Ahmet Rıfat Şungar, Sanem Öge, Mustafa Uzunyılmaz
Color: color, Running time: 89, Format: 2K, Countries: TR, Languages: TR, EN
Producer(s)
Yamaç Okur
Yamaç Okur studied Political Science and International Relations at Bogazici University in Istanbul. He is one of the founders of the acclaimed Altyazi Cinema Magazine and Mithat Alam Film Center. In 2007 he started his production company Bulut Film and successfully produced nine feature films which received many awards from prestigious film festivals. In 2015 he started to work at Ay Yapım as an executive producer where he produced 4 hit TV series. In 2023, he became a managing partner in FARO.
Production company(s)
Bulut Film, Melisa Fatma Önel Tecimen, Yedi Film
Co-producer(s)
Melisa Önel, M. Çağatay Tosun
Synopsis
A woman discovers a group of refugees who are about to cross the Black Sea. As she encounters a young refugee girl, her relationship with her lover unravels. They can no longer keep their secrets.
