Sibel
Germany, France, Luxembourg, Turkey, 2018, 95 minutes, Color, Turkish; Turkish subtitled, Turkish Sign Language
2018 Locarno FF; FIPRESCI Prize, Prize of the Ecumenical Jury Adana FF; Best Film, Best Actress Montpellier Mediterranean FF; Best Movie-Audience Award Critics Award
Director: Çağla Zencirci & Guillaume Giovanetti
Screenplay: Çağla Zencirci, Ramata Sy, Guillaume Giovanetti
Cinematography: Eric Devin
Editing: Véronique Lange
Music: Bassel Hallak, Pi
Production: Mars Production
Cast: Damla Sönmez, Erkan Kolçak Köstendil, Emin Gürsoy, Elit İşcan, Meral Çetinkaya
25-year-old Sibel lives with her father and sister in a secluded village in the mountains of Turkey's Black Sea region. Sibel is a mute, but she communicates by using the ancestral whistled language of the area. Rejected by her fellow villagers, she relentlessly hunts down a wolf that is said to be prowling in the neighbouring forest, sparking off fears and fantasies among the village women. There she crosses path with a fugitive. Injured, threatening and vulnerable, he sets upon her, for the first time, a new gaze.