A Tale of Three Sisters

Kiz Kardeşler

After many years apart, three sisters reunite under their father’s rustic roof, when returning to their small village in the mountains of Anatolia, each for her own reasons. Between snowy mountain peaks, under their domineering father’s eye, the three women seem to repeat past mistakes over and over again, in a gloomy mesmeric tale that delicately blends Chekhov and the Grimm brothers. Set against a breathtaking unearthly landscape that turns at night into a fearsome land of hidden dangers, life is depicted as an eternal parade of recurring patterns – many scenes even seem to happen twice – which leads inescapably to disaster.

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Direction: Emin Alper

Script: Emin Alper

Cinematography: Emre Erkmen

Editing: Çiçek Kahraman

Sound: Marcel de Hoogd

Music: Υorgos Papaioannou, Nikos Papaioannou

Actors: Cemre Ebüzziya, Ece Yüksel, Helin Kandemir, Müfit Kayacan, Kayhan Açikgöz, Kubilay Tunçer

Production: Liman Film, NuLook Production

Producers: Nadir Öperli, Muzaffer Yildirim

Co-production: Komplizen Film, Circe Films, Horsefly Productions

Co-producers: Jonas Dornbach, Janine Jackowski, Maren Ade, Stienette Bosklopper, Yorgos Tsourgiannis, Lisette Kelder, Enis Köstepen

Art Direction: Osman Çankırılı

Costumes: Alceste Tosca Wegner

Make Up: Esma Keskin

Format: DCP

Color: Color

Production Country: Turkey, Germany, The Netherlands, Greece

Production Year: 2019

Duration: 108΄

Distribution in Greece: Ama Films, amafilms@otenet.gr

Contact: The Match Factory, info@matchfactory.de

Awards/Distinctions: Best Director, C.I.CA.E. Award – Sarajevo Film Festival 2019, Golden Tulip (National Competition), Best Director, Best Actress (National Competition), FIPRESCI Prize (National Competition) – Istanbul Film Festival 2019

Associate producers: Nikos Moutselos (Two Thirty Five), Alexander Bohr, Engin Palabiyik

With the support of Eurimages, Medienboard Berlin, Netherlands Film Fund, GFC

Emin Alper

Emin Alper was born in 1974 in Ermenek, Karaman. Trained in economics and history at Bogazici University-Istanbul, Alper holds a PhD in Turkish Modern History. His first feature, Beyond the Hill (2012), received numerous awards including the Caligari Film Prize at Berlinale Forum and Best Film at Asia Pacific Awards. His second feature Frenzy (2015) premiered at 72nd Venice Film Festival’s in Official Selection’s competition and received Jury Special Prize. His third feature A Tale of Three Sisters 2019) premiered at Berlin Film Festival’s main competition, and received many awards in several festivals. Aside from his filmmaking career, Emin Alper works as the artistic programmer of the newly found Istanbul Cinemateque since February 2021.