SYNOPSIS

After a worker is severely injured in their family business, Kadir is forced into making a moral decision, which will have an impact on his dreams, his family and the life of the injured worker’s wife.

Original title: İki Şafak Arasında English Title: Between Two Dawns Country: Turkey, France, Romania, Spain Language: Turkish Production year: 2021 Length: 91 minutes

CAST

Mücahit Koçak, Nezaket Erden, Burcu Gölgedar, Ünal Silver, Bedir Bedir, Erdem Şenocak

CREW

Director: Selman Nacar Screenwriter: Selman Nacar DOP: Tudor Panduru Art Director: Alceste Tosca Wegner Editor: Bugra Dedeoglu, Melik Kuru, Selman Nacar Production: Kuyu Film, Fol Film, Karma Film Coproduction: Arizona Productions, Libra Film Productions, Nephilim Producciones World sales: Luxbox

FESTIVALS & AWARDS

San Sebastian Film Festival - New Directors

Antalya Film Festival - Jury Award, Best Supporting Actress, Best Supporting Actor, Special Mention Casting Director

Mostra de Sao Paolo - New Directors Competition

Free Zone Film Festival - Balkan Horizons Competition

Santa Barbara International Film Festival - Official Competition

Pune International Film Festival - World Competition

Kerala International Film Festival - World Cinema

Turkish Film Days (Munich) - Official Selection

Seattle International Film Festival

JEONJU International Film Festival - World Cinema Section

Mastercard Off Camera - Main Competition

Mediterranean Film Festival Split

SELMAN NACAR

Director/Screenwriter

Selman Nacar is a filmmaker, with an MFA Film in Directing from Columbia University in New York City. He gave lectures on fictional filmmaking at the same university. He graduated from İstanbul Bilgi University Faculty of Law in 2015, and from Faculty of Film in 2016. He is an alumnus of the Berlinale Talent 2019, and the First Films First 2020.

Selman is the founder of Kuyu Film, a production company that produced the films The Pillar of Salt (2018) and Belonging (2019), both of which have premiered at the Berlin Film Festival Forum Section.

Selman’s directorial debut Between Two Dawns premiered at 69th San Sebastian Film Festival and he is currently working on his second feature film Hesitation Wound.

Filmography

●     Tereddüt Çizgisi /Hesitation Wound/ 2022 / Writer & Director

●     İki Şafak Arasında / Between Two Dawns / 2021 / Writer & Director

●     Aidiyet / Belonging / 2019 / Producer

●     Tuzdan Kaide / The Pillar of Salt / 2018 / Producer

This is a strong debut from Nacar, whose interest lies in creating moral dilemmas and showing how those with power will do anything to retain their position, no matter the cost.

Selman Nacar's depiction of the forced legacy of an ordinary monstrosity, hidden under pretty manners, is both elegant and powerful.

Selman Nacar’s promise as one of the most exciting young voices in contemporary Turkish cinema