Köpek

Köpek

Director: Esen Isek
Maximage ⏐ fiction, 94min. CH, 2015

An ordinary day in the mega-city of Istanbul: Ten-year-old Cemo sells paper tissues in the streets, Hayat is controlled by her husband and transsexual Ebru sells her body. All three have a secret love and they do everything to satisfy their longing, if only for a moment. An authentic, delicate and unsettling story about love and death and the Turkish society at the beginning of the 21st century.

Winner - Swiss Film Prize 2016 - Best Film
Winner - Swiss Film Prize 2016 - Best Actress
Nominee - Swiss Film Prize 2016 - Best ScreenplaY
Nominee - Swiss Film Prize 2016 - Best Music
Nominee - Swiss Film Prize - Best Cinematography
Nominee - Golden Ey
Best Film in Focus Switzerland, Germany, Austria
Zurich Film Festival 2015
Nominee - Der Heinrich
Braunschweig International Film Festival 2015

Festivals

5th Dharamshala International Film Festival, 2016
4e Festival Everybody’s Perfect, 2016 
27th Espoo Ciné International Film Festival, 2016
20° Festival de Cine de Lima, 2016 
25. Internationales Filmfestival Innsbruck, 2016
31° Festival Internacional de Cine de Guadalajara, 2016
15th Istanbul Independent Film Festival, 28.02.2016
51. Solothurner Filmtage, 2016
Human Rights Film Festival Zurich, 13.12.2015
16th Tbilisi International Film Festival, 2015
29. Internationales Filmfest Braunschweig, 2015
11. Zurich Film Festival, 2015