ELA AND HILMI WITH ALI

2022

ELA AND HILMI WITH ALI

WORLD PREMIERE
Istanbul International Film Festival 2022

awards
  • Istanbul International Film Festival 2022
    Best Actress – Ece Yüksel
  • Istanbul International Film Festival 2022
    FIPRESCI Prize
  • Istanbul International Film Festival 2022
    Special Mention – Denizhan Akbaba
  • Istanbul International Film Festival 2022
    Best Screenplay
  • International Adana Golden Boll Film Festival 2022
    Best Film
  • International Adana Golden Boll Film Festival 2022
    Best Director
  • International Adana Golden Boll Film Festival 2022
    Best Screenplay
  • International Adana Golden Boll Film Festival 2022
    Best Editing
  • International Adana Golden Boll Film Festival 2022
    Best Production Design
  • International Adana Golden Boll Film Festival 2022
    Best Actress – Ece Yüksel
  • International Adana Golden Boll Film Festival 2022
    Best Emerging Actor – Denizhan Akbaba
Director

Ziya Demirel

Writer

Ziya Demirel, Nazlı Elif Durlu

Producer

Anna Maria Aslanoğlu

Co-Producers

Tanay Abbasoğlu, Öykü Canlı

Director of Photography

Doron Tempert

Editors

Selda Taşkın, Henrique Cartaxo

Art Director

Gülay Doğan

Music by

Okan Kaya

Cast

Ece Yüksel, Serkan Keskin, Denizhan Akbaba

Veteran math teacher HİLMİ (42) is preparing the earthquake survivor ELA (20) for her college applications, and is mentoring ALI (15) the doorman’s son, who flunked for the second time at school. As they seek refuge from loneliness in each other, they slowly find themselves in an uncanny triangle where all boundaries dissolve.