66th THESSALONIKI INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
31 OCTOBER → 9 NOVEMBER 2025

Turkey 2001 110 35mm Colour
As Nasuhi is returning to his homeland which he left years ago, his young nephew Selim is heading out to a new life. Olga is a young Russian girl, who has run away from home to search for her missing father, a sea captain. She thought he was in Istanbul, but now finds out that he has moved to Sydney, so she tries to get together the money to go to Australia. Nasuhi finds Olga beaten up after her first attempt at prostitution. Together, Nasuhi, Selim and Olga set out for Alacati, the Aegean town that Nasuhi left 50 years ago. The olive grove and stone house that Selim has inherited is the only home Nasuhi has. For Selim, settling in the USA is his only dream. Selim has to make a decision between selling his inheritance in Turkey or giving it to Nasuhi, who desperately needs to find his roots.