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IN THE BLIND SPOT // IM TOTEN WINKEL



2023 | DCP | Colour | 117’ | German, Turkish, Kurdish, English; Turkish, English sub. | Germany


September, 18, Monday,i 16.00, Vural Sineması // September, 19, Tuesday, 18.30, Sanat Fabrikası

Ayşe Polat's Kör Noktada / In the Blind Spot is a political thriller focusing on cold cases. A German documentary crew visits an elderly Kurdish woman in a village in northeast Turkey. The woman has been performing a ritual for twentyfive years, hoping her son will be found one day. The German team investigating disappearances under detention and human rights violations in the region quickly causes unrest among some people.


The three parts in Polat's film portray the same events from another character's perspective. Different characters, perspectives, and filming techniques (professional cameras, phone cameras or security cameras) in each section only work to make the main truth more obvious. Past crimes will never remain hidden in a blind spot unless confronted.


İstanbul 2023 | Golden Tulip Best Film, Best Screenplay, Best Editing, FIPRESCI Prize

İzmir 2023 | Best Film, Film Critics’ Best Film, Film Directors’ Best Director

 

DIRECTOR

Ayşe Polat


CAST

Ahmet Varlı, Çağla Yurga, Nihan Okutucu, Tudan Ürper, Katja Bürkle, Aziz Çapkurt, Aybi Era


SCREENPLAY

Ayşe Polat


CINEMATOGRAPHY

Partick Orth


EDITING

Serhad Mutlu, Jörg Volkmar


ORIGINAL MUSIC

Dynamedion


PRODUCER

Mehmet Aktaş


PRODUCTION

mîtosfilm


DÜNYA HAKLARI / WORLD SALES

Arthood Entertainment


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