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.
Sibel
Sibel
59th TIFF: Greek Premiere
Screening Schedule
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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
