At Turkey’s oldest zoo, a lonely manager and a neglected 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.
- Sydney Film Festival – Feature Section
- Kerala International Film Festival – International Competition
- Sofia International Film Festival – Balkan Competition
- European Film Festival Palic – Parallels and Collisions
- Taipei Film Festival
- Ischia Film Festival – Best Film Award
- New Horizons International Film Festival – Discoveries
- Beijing International Film Festival – Official Competition
- Toronto International Film Festival – Official Selection – FIPRESCI Award
- Antalya Film Festival – National Feature Film Competition – Best First Film Award, Best Art Director Award
- Denver Film Festival – World Contemporary Section
- Thessaloniki International Film Festival – Balkan Survey Section
- Films from the South – New Voices Competition
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.
- Anatolian Leopard – 2021
- The Translator – 2015 – Short film
Uğur Polat
Ipek Türktan
Seyithan Özdemir
Tansu Biçer
Ege Aydan
Osman Alkaş
Nuri Gökaşan
Screenwriter: Emre Kayis
DOP: Nick Cooke
Editor: Ricardo Saraiva
Costume Design: Öykü Ersoy
Sound: Tobias Adam (Sound Design), Michael Kaczmarek (Re-recording Mixer)
Producers: Olena Yershova & Olivia Neergaard Holm, Olena Yershova Yıldız (TatoFilm), Kanat Doğramacı (Asteros Film), Maria Blicharska (Donten & Lacroix Films) Tanja Georgieva Waldhauer (Elemag Pictures), Jon Hammer (Adomeit Film), Büke Akşehirli
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