Burning Days By Emin Alper
2022 – Completed
about
“Burning Days” is Emin Alper’s forth feature film.
A Liman Film production, in co-production with Horsefly Films, Zola Yapim (Turkey), Gloria Films (France), Match Factory Productions (Germany), Circe Films (The Netherlands), 4film (Crotia)
World premiere Cannes Film Festival 2022, “Un Certain Regard”
story
Emre, a young and dedicated prosecutor, is newly appointed to a small town hit by a water crisis and political scandals. After an initial welcome, he experiences an increasing number of tense interactions and is reluctantly dragged into local politics. When Emre forms a bond with the owner of the local newspaper pressure escalates under heated rumour
Director
Emin Alper was born in 1974 in Ermenek, Karaman. Trained in economics and history at Bogazici University-Istanbul, Alper holds a PhD in Turkish Modern History. His first feature, Beyond the Hill (2012), received numerous awards including the Caligari Film Prize at Berlinale Forum and Best Film at Asia Pacific Awards. His second feature Frenzy (2015) premiered at 72nd Venice Film Festival’s in Official Selection’s competition and received Jury Special Prize. Aside from his filmmaking career, Emin Alper works as the artistic programmer of the newly found Istanbul Cinemateque since February 2021.
FILMOGRAPHY
2022 Burning Days (Kurak Günler)
2019 A Tale of Three Sisters (Kız Kardesler)
2015 Frenzy (Abluka)
2012 Beyond The Hill (Tepenin Ardı)
Team
CAST
SELAHATTIN PAŞALI, EKIN KOÇ, EROL BABAOĞLU, ERDEM ŞENOCAK, SELIN YENINCI, SINAN DEMIRER, NIZAM NAMIDAR, ALI SEÇKINER ALICI, EYLÜL ERSÖZ, ONUR GÜRÇAY, MEHMET KERVANCI, HATICE ASLAN
Writer & Director EMIN ALPER
Producers KEREM ÇATAY, NADIR ÖPERLI
Co-Producers FATIH SAKIZ, LAURENT LAVOLÉ, VIOLA FÜGEN, MICHAEL WEBER, STIENETTE BOSKLOPPER MAARTEN SWART, YORGOS TSOURGIANNIS, ANITA JUKA
Associate Producers İREM AKBAL, MAYA SCHERR-WILLSON, ÇİĞDEM MATER, LAURA SINOVČIĆ, PAULINA KRIŽIĆ, NIKOS MOUTSELOS
Director of Photography CHRISTOS KARAMANIS
Music STEFAN WILL
Editor ÖZCAN VARDAR, EYTAN İPEKER
Casting EZGI BALTAŞ
Production Designer NADIDE ARGUN VAN UDEN
Art Director CEYDA YÜCEER
Sound KREŠIMIR RODIĆ
1st Assistant Director DAMLA KIRKALI
Line Producer SELIM GÜNTÜRKÜN
Production Manager GÖNENÇ AÇAROĞLU
Costume Designer ÖYKÜ ERSOY
Make-up ESMA KESKIN
Gaffer ÜNAL KABLAN
Key Grip KEMAL ALBAL
VFX Supervisor ARNAUD LEVIEZ
Color grading SAKIS BOUZANIS
Poster
