42nd Moscow International Film Festival | Turkish Film Wins Award

At the 35th Moscow Film Festival, which is regarded as the Oscar of Russia, the Grand Prize Erdem Tepegöz’s[1] latest movie, “Gölgeler İçinde” [2](In the Shadows) won the 'Golden St. George statue' He was the youngest director to win this prestigious award, which previously received important directors such as Federico Fellini, Akira Kurosawa, Krzysztof Kieślowski.

Mavi Boncuk | 

Turkish director Erdem Tepegöz’s[1] latest movie, “Gölgeler İçinde”[2] (In the Shadows), returns to Turkey with the second highest award of the 42nd Moscow International Film Festival, the Special Jury Prize “Silver George.”

“In the Shadows” premiered in Turkey at the 57th Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival’s National Competition section, a day after its Moscow premiere. The film received 4.1 stars out of 5 on the list of cinema writers in Russia.

The film, which will continue its festival journey at the 8th Bosphorus Film Festival right after Antalya, focuses on the lives that start to change when one of the workers questioned the system in a factory managed with primitive technology.

Numan Acar, who acted in international projects such as “Homeland,” “Prison Break” and “Aladdin,” is starring in the film, while young actors Vedat Erincin, Ahmet Melih Yılmaz, Emrullah Çakay, Muharrem Bayrak and Selin Kavak played the other roles.

[1] Erdem Tepegöz (b.1982) Turkish Film director and screenwriter.

Graduate of Dokuz Eylül University, Department of Economics. He completed the film workshop in Prague. He has a short film and documentary background.

He won the 'Best Director', SİYAD (Cinema Writers Association) 'Best Film' and 'Best Debut Film' awards at the 49th Golden Orange Film Festival with his first movie called Zerre.

Awards

2013 - Zerre - 35th International Moscow Film Festival (Golden Saint George Best Film Grand Prize)

2012 - Zerre - Golden Orange Film Festival (Best Director)

2012 - Zerre - Golden Orange Film Festival (Siyad Best Film)

2012 - Zerre - Golden Orange Film Festival (Best First Film)

2012 - Zerre - New York Eurasian Film Festival (Best Screenplay)

[2] “Gölgeler İçinde” (In the Shadows) 

A dystopian drama with sci-fi elements. With Numan Acar in the main role.

Zait, a loyal mine worker who works for a mine company which is managed by mysterious power and "In the Shadows" tells his transformation and declaration of war against the factory. ‘In the Shadows’ is near future story in Anatolia. There is no indication of time and place, an apocalyptic world that ruled over by primitive technology. After endless wars and nuclear disaster, working class became the only class in the world. Based on sorrow of losing his co-worker friend, Zait begins to be doubtful about the system he lives in. After he gets infected by factory, he becomes sick and some scars begin to appear on his body.

Zait tries to hide his illness from other workers and cameras of the factory. He tries to cover his scars with clothes. He also begins to hope for help from marshes near factory and covers muds all over his scars. This vain hope and strong doubt make him more weak and desperate over time. With the progression of disease, scars begin to appear his whole body and makes him look like an animal. Then he realizes that existence of him depends on destruction of the system which is dark better than he thought. He should be that monster who are going to destroy all the system.

Director: Erdem Tepegoz

Writer: Erdem Tepegoz

Cast: Numan Acar, Ahmet Melih, Yılmaz, Selin Kavak

Produced by Zeynep Can, associate producer

Figen Ermek Ozcorlu, producer

Umut Ozcorlu, producer

Giorgi Tavartkiladze, line producer (as George Tavartkiladze)

Murat Yavuz, associate producer 

Music by Greg Dombrowski, (Composer)

Cinematography by Hayk Kirakosyan

Film Editing by Arzu Volkan

Production Design by Armen Ghazaryan

Costume Design by Fadim Üçbas

Production Management Volkan Inan production manager

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