The Cemil Show

Cemil Şov

62nd TIFF: Greek Premiere

Long-suffering mall cop Cemil auditions for the bad guy role in a remake of a Turkish B-movie from the ‘60s from the so-called Yesilçam era. Even while teaming up with a female colleague whose father played the vintage bad guy, Cemil doesn’t have a chance in hell. A true underdog, he keeps pushing for the role until the role gets him…

Screening Schedule

No physical screenings scheduled.

Available at the Agora Market.

Direction: Bariş Sarhan

Script: Bariş Sarhan

Cinematography: Soykut Turan

Editing: Evren Luş

Sound: Yalın Özgencil

Music: Taner Yücel

Actors: Ozan Çelik, Nesrin Cavadzade, Alican Yücesoy, Cezmi Baskin, Başar Alemdar, Fuat Kökek

Production: Sarhan Projects

Producers: Bariş Sarhan, Umut Eğitimci

Co-producers: Levend Çagil ,Önder Önsal

Costumes: Öykü Ersoy

Production Design: Billur Turan

Format: DCP

Color: Color

Production Country: Turkey

Production Year: 2021

Duration: 102'

Contact: Alpha Violet

Bariş Sarhan

He was born in Istanbul. After his visual arts education, he worked as a graphic designer, art director, and commercial film director. In 2009, he made his first short film, Slippers, and then went to New York and studied cinema at NYU. He continues to shoot feature and short films, commercials, music videos, and animations, creating his own visual language. His first feature, The Cemil Show, made its world premiere at the 50th Rotterdam Film Festival.