Sibel

Sibel

59th TIFF: Greek Premiere

Sibel, a 25-year-old girl, lives with her father and sister in a secluded village in the mountains of Turkey's Black Sea region. Sibel is a mute, but she communicates by using the ancestral whistled language of the area. Rejected by her fellow villagers, she relentlessly hunts down a wolf that is said to be prowling in the neighbouring forest, sparking off fears and fantasies among the village women. There she crosses path with a fugitive. Injured, threatening and vulnerable, he is the first one to take a fresh look at her.

Screening Schedule

No physical screenings scheduled.


Direction: Çağla Zencirci, Guillaume Giovanetti
Script: Çağla Zencirci, Ramata Sy, Guillaume Giovanetti
Cinematography: Eric Devin
Editing: Véronique Lange
Sound: Tim Stephan, Stephan Konken
Music: Bassel Hallak, Pi
Actors: Damla Sönmez, Emin Gürsoy, Elit İşcan, Meral Çetinkaya, Erkan Kolçak Köstendil
Production: Les Films du Tambour
Producers: Marie Legrand, Rani Massalha, Michael Eckelt, Johannes Jancke, Marsel Kalvo, Nefes Polat, Christel Henon, Lilian Eche
Co-production: Riva Filmproduktion, Bidibul Productions, Mars Production, Reborn Production
Co-producers: Marc Simoncini
Format: DCP
Color: Color
Production Country: France, Germany, Luxembourg, Turkey
Production Year: 2018
Duration: 95΄
Contact: Pyramide International, sales@pyramidefilms.com
Awards/Distinctions: FIRPESCI Prize, Prize of the Ecumenical Jury, Young Jury Prize 2nd place – Locarno IFF 2018

Çağla Zencirci, Guillaume Giovanetti

Çagla Zencirci and Guillaume Giovanetti, a couple in life and in art, have directed together since 2004 several shorts (all selected in Berlin, Locarno, Clermont-Ferrand Festivals) and two features. Sibel is their third feature and has been selected in competition at Locarno International Film Festival.

Filmography

2008 Ata | Ata (short)
2009 Altı | Six (short)
2012 Camera Obscura | Camera Obscura (doc)
2012 Nur | Noor
2013 Ningen | Ningen
2018 Sibel | Sibel