A film by Emin Alper. "A Tale Of Three Sisters" celebrated its world premiere in competition at The Berlin International Film Festival 2019

Year  2019

Length: 108 min

Format:   1:1,85

Country of production  GER, NL, GRC, TUR

Synopsis

Reyhan, Nurhan, and Havva, three sisters were sent to town as „besleme" (foster child and maid). Since they fail their foster parents for different reasons, they are sent back to their father's house in their poor village. Deprived of their dreams of a better life, they try to hold on to each other.

Production

A Liman Film (Turkey) and Nulook (Turkey) production, in co-production with Komplizen Film (Germany), Circe Films (Netherlands) and Horsefly Productions (Greece); Funded by Eurimages, Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg, The Netherlands Film Fund, Greek Film Center; In association with ZDF/Arte und Two Thirty Five.

Cast

Reyhan

Cemre Ebüzziya

Nurhan

Ece Yüksel

Havva

Helin Kandemir,

Veysel

Kayhan Açıkgöz

Şevket

Müfit Kayacan

Necati

Kubilay Tunçer

Team

Written and Directed by

Emin Alper

Director of Photography

Emre Erkmen

Editing

Çiçek Kahraman

Art Director

İsmail Durmaz

Costume Design

Alceste Tosca Wegner

Make Up

Esma Keskin

Casting

Ezgi Balta

Original Sound

Marcel De Hoogd

Sound Design

Jos Van Galen

Original Music

Nikos Papaioannou

Head of Development

Zsuzsanna Kiràly

Line Producer

Ben von Dobeneck

Associate Producers

Alexander Bohr (ZDF/ARTE)

Nikos Moutselos (Two Thirty Five)

Engin Palabiyik

Co-producers

Jonas Dornbach, Janine Jackowski, Maren Ade (Komplizen Film)

Stienette Bosklopper, Lisette Kelder (Circe Films)

Yorgos Tsourgiannis (Horsefly Productions)

Enis Köstepen

Producers

Nadir Öperli (Liman Film)

Muzaffer Yildirim (Nulook)

Awards

Sofia International Film Festival 2020

Best Balkan Film Award

Istanbul International Film Festival

Best Film, Best Director, Best Actress - Ensemble, Best Music, FIPRESCI Prize

Sarajevo Film Festival 2019

Heart of Sarajevo as Best Director, CICAE Art Cinema Award

World Cinema Amsterdam Exchange Award

Festivals

Berlinale 2019

Sydney International Film Festival 2019

Competition

Istanbul International Film Festival 2019

Transilvania International Film Festival 2019

Sydney International Film Festival 2019

Jerusalem Film Festival 2019

Sarajevo Film Festival 2019

Competition

Festival des deutschen Films Ludwigshafen am Rhein 2019

Distribution