
Mavi Boncuk |
THE 37TH ISTANBUL FILM FESTIVAL, 2018
National Competition

GRAIN
Director: Semih Kaplanoğlu
TURKEY, GERMANY, FRANCE, SWEDEN, QATAR / 2017 / DCP / B&W / 128´ / English; Turkish s.t.
Screenplay: Semih Kaplanoğlu, Leyla İpekçi|Director of Photography: Giles Nuttgens|Editing: Semih Kaplanoğlu, Osman Bayraktaroğlu, Ayhan Ergürsel|Music: Mustafa Biber
Cast: Jean-Marc Barr, Ermin Bravo, Grigory Dobrygin, Cristina Flutur
Producer: Semih Kaplanoğlu, Nadir Öperli | Co-Producer: Johannes Rexin, Taha Altaylı, Bettina Brokemper, Sophie Dulac, Michel Zana, Fredrik Zander
Production Co.: Kaplan Film YapımWorld Sales: The Match Factory
- 2017 TOKYO Grand Prize
- 2017 ADANA Best Music, Best Art Director, Film-Yön Award (Best Director)
Two men in the near, but indefinite future... What are seed genetics expert Prof. Erol Erin and Cemil Akman, a scientist who abandoned a bright career and everthing he knew, pursuing the forbidden area called Dead Lands?