ATHLETE
Original Title | ATLET
Directors | Semih Gülen, Mustafa Emin Büyükcoșkun
Turkey, Romania, Germany, 85 min (estimated)
SYNOPSIS
Hatice, a young and ambitious Turkish weightlifter living with her unemployed mother, is constantly struggling to make her living engaging in regular jobs. Living in an economically and socially unstable country, she decides to dope in a very unorthodox way at the World Championship in pursuit of success at any cost.
Vigo Film (TR)
Tangaj Production (RO)
Amok Film (DE)
n /a
Sevda Baş
Tarhan Karagöz
Esra Kızıldoğan
Writer | Semih Gülen, Mustafa Emin Büyükcoșkun
Director | Semih Gülen, Mustafa Emin Büyükcoșkun
Producer | Arda Çiltepe, Semih Gülen, Anamaria Antoci, Anda Ionescu
Director of Photography | Ayşe Alacakaptan
Editor | Semih Gülen, Arda Çiltepe
Sound | Lehel Lajos
Production Designer | Günsu Sarı
Costume Designer | Yağmur Yaraş
UPFAR-ARGOA Cultural Fund
Transilvania Pitch Stop – Special Mention
MIA Market
Connecting Cottbus – Pitch Packaging Award
Les Films de Cannes à Bucarest WIP – Grand Prix
Running Time 85 min (estimated)
Aspect Ratio 16/9
Sound 5.1
Color
Screening Format DCP 2K