Snow Pirates
Turkey, 2015, 90 minutes, Color, Turkish
2015 Adana Golden Boll FF; Yılmaz Güney Award, Best Cinematography Malatya FF; Best Film Singapore FF; Best Performance
Director: Faruk Hacıhafızoğlu
Screenplay: Faruk Hacıhafızoğlu
Cinematography: Türksoy Gölebeyi
Editing: Orhan Orsman
Production: Kars Film
Cast: Yakup Özgür Kurtaal, Ömer Uluç, Taha Tegin Özdemir
The year is 1981… After one of the cruelest military coup of it’s history, Turkey is going through one of harshest winter. In Kars, which is located on the eastern part of Turkey, it seems that as if the coup is punishing the city with cold as coal is expensive to a degree that it is only consumed by several public institutes and privileged citizens. Having nothing but their sledges and dreams, Serhat, Gürbüz and İbo are pursuing coal in this journey while discovering the power of solidarity.