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.