The Gulf

BY EMRE YEKSAN

32-year-old Erkan moves back to his family’s upper-middle class house in Izmir, after a year of misery caused by unemployment and a bitter divorce. Having no plans for the future, he befriends a group of loafers. His aimless drift takes an unexpected turn, when a terrible smell that comes from the gulf starts to spread over the city.

Cast
Ulaş Tuna Astepe, Ahmet Melih Yılmaz, Serpil Gül, Müfit Kayacan

World Premiere
Venice IFF 2017 – Critics’ Week

Festivals / Awards
Rotterdam IFF, Hamburg IFF, Adana IFF, Sevilla IFF, Exground IFF, Crossing Europe EFF, Bruxelles IFF, São Paulo IFF, etc.

Körfez, feature film, 114′, DCP, Color, Turkey-Germany-Greece 2017

Director
Emre Yeksan

Writers
Emre Yeksan, Ahmet Büke

Producer
Anna Maria Aslanoglu

Co-producers
Maria Drandaki, Dirk Engelhardt

Produced by
Istos Film, BirFilm, Kundschafter Filmproduktion, Homemade Films

With the support of
Turkish Ministry of Culture and Tourism, World Cinema Fund, Greek Film Centre, Visions Sud Est