Starring Selahattin Paşalı and Ekin Koç, the movie was nominated for the Independent Queer Palm Award as well as for the Un Certain Regard section.
“Behind the Hill“, “Blockade“, “SistersOne of the prominent directors of our domestic cinema, with successful films such as “ Emin Alper‘s fourth feature film “Dry Days“in (Burning Days) premiered as part of the “Un Certain Regard” section of the 75th Cannes Film Festival this year. The film was also nominated for the Best Film award in the Queer Palm category of LGBTIQ+ themed films at the Cannes Film Festival.
in the lead roles Selahattin Pasali and She was also in the cast of “Arid Days” by Ekin Koç. Erol Babaoglu, Erdem Senocak, Selin Yeninci, Sinan Demirer, Nizam Namidar, Ali Seçkiner Buyer and Eylül Ersöz. The film, which carries elements of political and psychological thriller genres, is about the conflicts between the young prosecutor Emre, who is newly appointed to the town of Yanıklar, which has been struggling with the drought problem for a while, and the mayor Selim, the local journalist Murat and the notables of the town.
Speaking after the screening of the movie, Emin Alper talked about Çiğdem Mater, one of the producers of the movie and sentenced to 18 years in prison in the Gezi trial, and said, “I would like to thank Çiğdem Mater, one of the co-producers of our movie. She is not here with us today because it is a ridiculous and show-like case. As a result, he was imprisoned. Not with us, but with our minds and hearts.” made statements.
