Zara
Austria / Netherlands / Turkey / Switzerland, October 2008
FILM,
Fiction,
85 min.
- directed by
- Ayten Mutlu Saray
- Written by
- Ayten Mutlu Saray
- Status
- In distribution
A film about the state of people who are forced to live their exile as an outer event, but also as an inner destiny. That condition involves several time levels: a lost past, a disturbed present and a future rimmed with hope. In the village of Zara wandering souls are searching for things lost: letters, childhood, parents… Zara lies at the heart of an eternal search for a place of consolation and respite – a search, during which memories and dreams gradually merge into an imagined present.
credits
- World Premiere
- October 2008
- Original Version
- Kurdish, German (english subtitles), colour, 35mm, 85 min.
- Production
- KGP Filmproduktion, Palav motion pictures, Pantheon Film, A. M.
- Producer
- Gabriele Kranzelbinder, Jos van der Pal
- directed by
- Ayten Mutlu Saray
- Written by
- Ayten Mutlu Saray
- Cinematography
- Felix von Muralt, Mauro Boscarato, Stefan Stefanini
- Editing
- Daniel Gibel
- Sound Editing
- Eric Spitzer
- Sound Design
- Eric Spitzer
- Music
- Marcel Vaid
- Location Sound Mix
- Eric Spitzer
- Production Design
- Esther Viersen, Billy Leliveld
- Costumes
- Ellen Lens
- Casting
- Newroz Baz, Francois Smesny, Thomas Kowalsky
Cast
Serpil Ökal
Barbara Sotelsek
Alisan Önlü
Newroz Baz
Sultan Cakmak
Roza Erdem
Bedriye Aydemir
Jiyan Aktas
World Sales / World Rights
- World Rights
- Ayten Mutlu Saray
Worldwide Distribution
- Switzerland
- Cineworx GmbH Distribution
Awards
(a selection)
-
Luzern, Bundesamt für Kultur,
Swiss Film Award «Quartz», Best Film Score
2009
(Winner)
Marcel Vaid
Festivals
(a selection)
-
Rotterdam, 38th International Film Festival Rotterdam
21.01.2009 - 01.02.2009 -
Solothurn, Solothurner Filmtage
19.01.2009 - 25.01.2009