Director - Emre Kayiş
Script - Emre Kayiş
Camera - Nick Cooke
Cast - Uğur Polat, Ipek Türktan, Tansu Biçer, Seyithan Özdemir, Ege Aydan, Nuri Gökasan
Producer - Olena Yershova
Production - Tato Film
Fikret is a melancholic divorcé who leads a lonely life. Dedicated to his work of 22 years, he is the director of Turkey’s oldest zoo in the historical yet somnolent capital of Ankara.
Like much of the country, the institution is undergoing a process of privatization, but one obstacle stands in the way: its oldest inhabitant, the Anatolian leopard, an endangered species indigenous to the region and protected by law. Though boiling on the inside, Fikret keeps his brewing discontent at the sweeping conservative reforms bottled.
On New Year’s Eve, tipsy and bored, he finds himself paying a visit to the leopard, though he soon realizes his old friend is bereft of life. Determined to hide the inconvenient truth, Fikret and his assistant Gamze conspire to fake the leopard’s escape, setting in motion an absurd charade that inevitably turns the ensuing capture attempt into a three-ring circus while rousing Fikret’s long-buried idealism.
Like much of the country, the institution is undergoing a process of privatization, but one obstacle stands in the way: its oldest inhabitant, the Anatolian leopard, an endangered species indigenous to the region and protected by law. Though boiling on the inside, Fikret keeps his brewing discontent at the sweeping conservative reforms bottled.
On New Year’s Eve, tipsy and bored, he finds himself paying a visit to the leopard, though he soon realizes his old friend is bereft of life. Determined to hide the inconvenient truth, Fikret and his assistant Gamze conspire to fake the leopard’s escape, setting in motion an absurd charade that inevitably turns the ensuing capture attempt into a three-ring circus while rousing Fikret’s long-buried idealism.
AWARDS AND NOMINATIONS -
Toronto ’21 – Discovery: FIPRESCI Prize
Ankara ’21 – National Competition: Best Film, Best Cinematography, Best Actor, Best Actress
Program
- 18.03.2022
CULTURAL CENTER G8 - 18.30 часа - 17.03.2022
ODEON CINEMA - 18.00 часа
