Zara

Austria / Netherlands / Turkey / Switzerland, October 2008
FILM, Fiction, 85 min.

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directed by
Ayten Mutlu Saray
Written by
Ayten Mutlu Saray
Status
In distribution

A film about the state of people who are forced to live their exile as an outer event, but also as an inner destiny. That condition involves several time levels: a lost past, a disturbed present and a future rimmed with hope. In the village of Zara wandering souls are searching for things lost: letters, childhood, parents… Zara lies at the heart of an eternal search for a place of consolation and respite – a search, during which memories and dreams gradually merge into an imagined present.

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World Premiere
October 2008
Original Version
Kurdish, German (english subtitles),  colour, 35mm, 85 min.
Production
KGP Filmproduktion, Palav motion pictures, Pantheon Film, A. M.
Producer
Gabriele Kranzelbinder, Jos van der Pal
directed by
Ayten Mutlu Saray
Written by
Ayten Mutlu Saray
Cinemato­graphy
Felix von Muralt, Mauro Boscarato, Stefan Stefanini
Editing
Daniel Gibel
Sound Editing
Eric Spitzer
Sound Design
Eric Spitzer
Music
Marcel Vaid
Location Sound Mix
Eric Spitzer
Production Design
Esther Viersen, Billy Leliveld
Costumes
Ellen Lens
Casting
Newroz Baz, Francois Smesny, Thomas Kowalsky

Cast

Serpil Ökal
Barbara Sotelsek
Alisan Önlü
Newroz Baz
Sultan Cakmak
Roza Erdem
Bedriye Aydemir
Jiyan Aktas

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Ayten Mutlu Saray

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Switzerland
Cineworx GmbH Distribution

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