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Beyond the Hill

Turkey, 2012, 94 minutes, Digital, Color, Turkish


2012 Sarajevo FF; Special Jury Prize, Taipei FF; International New Talent Competition Special Jury Prize, Karlovy Vary FF; NETPAC Best Asian Film Prize, İstanbul FF; Best Film, Best Screenplay, FIPRESCI Prizes

Director:  Emin Alper

Screenplay: Emin Alper
Cinematography: George Chiper-Lillemark
Editing: Özcan Vardar
Music: İnanç Şanver, Volkan Akmehmet
Production: Bulut Film
Cast: Tamer Levent, Reha Özcan, Mehmet Özgür, Berk Hakman, Furkan Berk Kıran, Banu Fotocan, Sercan Gümüş, Şevval Kuş

After retiring from forest management, Faik starts to till a land in the plateau. He came to an agreement with a Nomad sharecropper family about the protection of the land. One day, his son and his grandsons come to the plateau for a few days of vacation. Faik had been in a violent quarrel with nomads who pitched their tents beyond the opposite hill, when their grandsons came.