Official Selection of Tiantan Award
Anatolian Leopard
Country/Region：Turkey
Running Time：108min
Producer：Olena Yershova Yıldız
Screenplay：Emre Kayiş
Cinematographer：Nick Cooke
Editor：Ricardo Saraiva
Production Company: TatoFilm
World Sales: Luxbox
Cast：Uğur Polat，Ipek Türktan，Seyithan Özdemir
Synopsis
At Turkey’s oldest zoo, a lonely manager and a withdrawn female officer form an unlikely bond: as they hide the death of the zoo’s oldest inhabitant, an Anatolian leopard, in order to stop the privatization process and fake its escape, they set in motion an absurd charade that spins out of control. In Turkey’s grey and quiet capital, the ghost of the leopard persists.
Director
Emre Kayiş
Born in 1984 in Ankara, Emre has been committed to storytelling and visual arts since childhood. After a BA in Law and a yearlong experience as a legal intern, he quits. In 2012, he was accepted to MA Filmmaking department at the London Film School. After directing two narrative short films and practiced photography, he graduated in 2014 with his thesis film ‘The Translator’which was screened more than 200 film festivals worldwide such as Sarajevo, Premier Plans, Palm Springs, Montreal, won 16 awards and nominated for the best short film for the 28th European Film Awards. He is an alumnus of Sarajevo Talents and a member of EFA.
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