International Programme - Friend Country - Turkey

Kaya is a fisherman who lives on the shores of a lake with his wife Filiz and their daughter Deniz, who is unable to speak. In search of a cure, Filiz decides to try an ancient alternative remedy with a breed of fish believed to be medicinal. The trouble is, there is no more fish of this kind in the lake, so Filiz sets off for another lake to find it.

Turkey | 2014 | 80’
drama

DIRECTOR Dervis Zaim | SCREENPLAY Dervis Zaim | CINEMATOGRAPHY Taner Tokgoz | EDITOR Aylin Tinel | SCORE Marios Takoushis | CAST Bülent Inal, Miray Akay, Sanem Çelik | PRODUCERS Dervis Zaim

Dervis Zaim (Famagusta, 1964) is a director, screenwriter, producer, and recipient of the prestigious Yunus Nadi Literary Prize, which he won for his first novel Ares in Wonderland. His film Mud (Çamur, 2003) won the UNESCO Award at Venice International Film Festival.