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After his father's death, Yusuf goes to his village, which he has not been to for years, and learns that a geothermal company wants to buy his father's agricultural lands and drill a well. He wants to solve problems without disrespecting his father's memory, but things don't go as he hoped and he has to make some tough decisions.
Selected Festivals and Awards
Drama International Film Festival, Short and Green International Competition, Greece (2022): Drama Green Award
Clermont Ferrand International Short Film Festival, International Competition, France (2022): World Premiere
Cinema Verde Environmental Film & Arts Festival, USA (2022): Honorable Mention
Filmfest Bremen, Focus : Sustainability, (2022): Germany Premiere
İzmir International Film Festival (2022): Other Cinema Distiribution Award
Uşak International Film Festival (2022): Best Leading Act Award
Sultanbeyli International Short Film Festival (2022): Metin Erksan Honorable Mention
Med Film Festival, Official Selection, Italy (2022)
Passaggi D’autore Intrecci Mediterranean Short Film Festival, Italy (2022)
Ali CABBAR
Ali Cabbar was born and raised in the province of Manisa, Turkey. He graduated from Eylül University, Faculty of Fine Arts, Dramatic Writing in 2013. Following a successful festival run with his first short film Madun/Subordinate (2020), about the struggle of illegal African refugees in Istanbul, he was awarded a grant from the European Union Think Civic Program to shoot his next project. This second short, Bahçeler Put Kesildi/Gardens Petrified, on a man’s struggle to protect his land from the threat of geothermal wells, had its world premiere at the prestigious Clermont Ferrand Short Film Festival in 2022 and received several awards from several environmental themed festivals. He is currently working on his first feature movie Mom’s Pale Flowers.
- Year2022
- Runtime20 minutes
- CountryTurkey
- Subtitle LanguageEnglish
- AwardsDrama International Film Festival, Short and Green International Competition, Greece (2022): Drama Green Award; Cinema Verde Environmental Film & Arts Festival, USA (2022): Honorable Mention; İzmir International Film Festival (2022): Other Cinema Distiribution Award; Uşak International Film Festival (2022): Best Leading Act Award; Sultanbeyli International Short Film Festival (2022): Metin Erksan Honorable Mention
- NoteShort Film
- DirectorAli Cabbar
- ScreenwriterAli Cabbar
- ProducerAli Cabbar
- CastBeran Soysal, Yüksel Ünal, Ezgi Sözmen, Şükrü Şık
- CinematographerEvren Gündoğdu
- EditorTuvana Simin Günay
After his father's death, Yusuf goes to his village, which he has not been to for years, and learns that a geothermal company wants to buy his father's agricultural lands and drill a well. He wants to solve problems without disrespecting his father's memory, but things don't go as he hoped and he has to make some tough decisions.
Selected Festivals and Awards
Drama International Film Festival, Short and Green International Competition, Greece (2022): Drama Green Award
Clermont Ferrand International Short Film Festival, International Competition, France (2022): World Premiere
Cinema Verde Environmental Film & Arts Festival, USA (2022): Honorable Mention
Filmfest Bremen, Focus : Sustainability, (2022): Germany Premiere
İzmir International Film Festival (2022): Other Cinema Distiribution Award
Uşak International Film Festival (2022): Best Leading Act Award
Sultanbeyli International Short Film Festival (2022): Metin Erksan Honorable Mention
Med Film Festival, Official Selection, Italy (2022)
Passaggi D’autore Intrecci Mediterranean Short Film Festival, Italy (2022)
Ali CABBAR
Ali Cabbar was born and raised in the province of Manisa, Turkey. He graduated from Eylül University, Faculty of Fine Arts, Dramatic Writing in 2013. Following a successful festival run with his first short film Madun/Subordinate (2020), about the struggle of illegal African refugees in Istanbul, he was awarded a grant from the European Union Think Civic Program to shoot his next project. This second short, Bahçeler Put Kesildi/Gardens Petrified, on a man’s struggle to protect his land from the threat of geothermal wells, had its world premiere at the prestigious Clermont Ferrand Short Film Festival in 2022 and received several awards from several environmental themed festivals. He is currently working on his first feature movie Mom’s Pale Flowers.
- Year2022
- Runtime20 minutes
- CountryTurkey
- Subtitle LanguageEnglish
- AwardsDrama International Film Festival, Short and Green International Competition, Greece (2022): Drama Green Award; Cinema Verde Environmental Film & Arts Festival, USA (2022): Honorable Mention; İzmir International Film Festival (2022): Other Cinema Distiribution Award; Uşak International Film Festival (2022): Best Leading Act Award; Sultanbeyli International Short Film Festival (2022): Metin Erksan Honorable Mention
- NoteShort Film
- DirectorAli Cabbar
- ScreenwriterAli Cabbar
- ProducerAli Cabbar
- CastBeran Soysal, Yüksel Ünal, Ezgi Sözmen, Şükrü Şık
- CinematographerEvren Gündoğdu
- EditorTuvana Simin Günay