On the Way to School
Turkey, 2008, 81 minutes, Color, Turkish Kurdish; Turkish subtitled
2010 Ankara FF; Jury Special Prize 2009 Adana Golden Boll FF; Grand Jury Yılmaz Güney Award, SİYAD Best Film Antalya Golden Orange FF; Best First Film
Director: Orhan Eskiköy Özgür Doğan
Screenplay: Orhan Eskiköy
Cinematography: Orhan Eskiköy
Editing: Orhan Eskiköy, Thomas Balkenhol
Production: Perişan Film
Cast: Emre Aydın, Zülküf Yıldırım, Rojda Huz, Vehip Huz, Zülküf Huz
One year in the life of a Turkish teacher in a remote Kurdish village in Turkey. The teacher can’t speak Kurdish while the children can’t speak Turkish. The teacher spends his whole year teaching Turkish to the children. After one year, will they finally speak Turkish?