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Saf

Germany, Romania, Turkey, 2018, 102 minutes, Color, Turkish, Arabic; Turkish subtitled, Turkish Sign Language


2019 Ankara FF; Best Director, Best Actress  Palm Springs FF; Special Jury Mention

Director:  Ali Vatansever

Screenplay: Ali Vatansever
Cinematography: Tudor Vladimir Panduru
Editing: Evren Luş
Music: Erdem Helvacıoğlu
Production: Terminal Film
Cast: Saadet Işıl Aksoy, Erol Afşin, Onur Buldu, Ümmü Putgül, Kida Khodr Ramadan

Istanbul’s Fikirtepe district. Urban transformation is sweeping away poor communities while Syrian refugees take shelter in deserted buildings. Kamil and his wife Remziye risk losing their home. Unemployed for a long time, Kamil, has no choice but to secretly accept a job on a construction site. Not only is he taking the job from a Syrian refugee for a lesser wage, he’s also working for the company that’s destroying the neighbouring district. Oppression and anxiety both in his neighbourhood and at work, where he fears discovery and failure, will gradually transform him, and Remziye will have to face the consequences.