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The Pigeon

Turkey, 2018, 78 minutes, Color, Turkish; Turkish subtitled, Turkish Sign Language


2018 İstanbul FF; Best Music, Seyfi Teoman Best First Film Award Adana FF; SIYAD Best Film Award Sofia FF ; Best Director

Director:  Banu Sıvacı

Screenplay: Banu Sıvacı
Cinematography: Arda Yıldıran
Editing: Mesut Ulutaş
Music: Canset Özge Can
Production: Anagraf Film
Cast: Kemal Burak Alper, Ruhi Sarı, Demet Genç, Michal Elia Kamal, Evren Erler, Mazlum Taşkıran

Yusuf is a young man living with his sister and brother in one of Adana’s suburbs. On the rooftop of the building where they live, he passionately feeds and breeds the pigeons he inherited from his father. He is especially attached to a female pigeon named Maverdi. His brother forces him to work and to earn money. Yusuf, who doesn’t know any other world than the one with his pigeons on the roof, will face the life or labour and the harsh realities of his neighbourhood.