The Gulf

2017

The Gulf

WORLD PREMIERE
Venice FF Int’l Critics’ Week 2017

awards
  • Crossing Europe Film Festival 2018
    Special Jury Award
  • Istanbul International Film Festival 2018
    FIPRESCI Prize
Writer & Director

Emre Yeksan

Producer

Anna Maria Aslanoğlu

Co-Producer

C. Aslı Filiz, Dirk Engelhardt, Maria Drandaki

Director of Photography

Jakub Giza

Editor

Selda Taşkın

Music by

Ekin Fil

Cast

Ulaş Tuna Astepe, Ahmet Melih Yılmaz, Serpil Gül, Müfit Kayacan, Merve Dizdar, Damla Ardal, Cem Zeynel Kılıç

In his 30s, newly divorced Selim returns to Izmir with his family. While Selim encounters the traces of his old life, an accident in the gulf shakes the life in the city deeply. Selim plunges into the discovery of a new world in Izmir, where he returned years later.