Butterflies

Kelebekler

59th TIFF: Greek Premiere

Close-up of an astronaut’s face: The astronaut is Cemal. Kenan dubs home videos for a living. In a classroom, kindergarten teacher Suzan weeps frantically. They are the sons and daughter of Mazhar, who don’t know each other. Now, after being 30 years apart, their father calls them back home to their village. When they arrive to Hasanlar, they realize that their father is dead and in his will he asks to be buried when the butterflies come to the village to die…

Screening Schedule

No physical screenings scheduled.

Direction: Tolga Karaçelik

Script: Tolga Karaçelik

Cinematography: Andaç Sahan

Editing: Evren Lus

Sound: Cenker Kökten

Music: Ahmet Kenan Bilgic

Actors: Tugce Altug, Bartu Küçükçaglayan, Tolga Tekin, Serkan Keskin, Hakan Karsak, Ezgi Mola, Ercan Kesal

Production: Karaçelik Film

Producers: Metin Anter, Diloy Gülün, Tolga Karaçelik, Tuğçe Altuğ

Art Direction: Arzu Kadak

Costumes: Zehra Tuba Atac

Make Up: Cigdem Uzundag

Format: DCP

Color: Color

Production Country: Turkey

Production Year: 2018

Duration: 117΄

Contact: Films Boutique, contact@filmsboutique.com

Awards/Distinctions: Grand Jury Prize in World Cinema (Dramatic) – Sundance IFF 2018 Best Film – Bucharest IFF (2018) Special Prize of the Jury in National Competition, Best Actor – Istanbul IFF (2018), Best Director, Best Actress, Best Editing, Best Supporting Actress – Ankara IFF (2018)

Tolga Karaçelik

After receiving his Law Degree from Marmara University, he studied Film in New York City. The five short films he wrote and directed were screened at various festivals domestically and internationally. His first feature film Toll Booth, selected for the International Competition program of the 52nd Thessaloniki IFF, won Best First Film, Best Actor and Best Director of Photography awards at the Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival. Toll Booth’s European Premiere was held at the Warsaw FF and its US premiere at the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York. As the opening film of the Global Film Initiative’s “Global Lens 2012 Series,” Toll Booth was shown at more than 35 cities across the USA and Canada in 2012. His second film, Ivy, premiered in Sundance and was shown at more than 30 prestigious festivals, winning numerous awards. He was a member of the International Jury at Karlovy Film Festival’s East West Competition 2016.