Motherland (2015 film)

Motherland (Turkish: Ana Yurdu) is a 2015 Turkish drama by director Senem Tüzen about a divorced, urban woman who goes to her ancestral village in Anatolia to write a book and is confronted by the unwelcomed arrival of her mother. The drama stars Esra Bezen Bilgin, Nihal Koldaş, Fatma Kısa and Semih Aydın.[1]

Motherland
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Directed bySenem Tüzen
Written bySenem Tüzen
Produced byAdam Isenberg
Olena Yershova
Senem Tüzen
StarringEsra Bezen Bilgin
Nihal Koldaş
Fatma Kısa
Semih Aydın
CinematographyVedat Özdemir
Edited byAdam Isenberg
Yorgos Mavropsaridis
Production
company
Zela Film
Release date
  • 6 September 2015 (2015-09-06) (30th Venice International Film Critics' Week)
Running time
98 minutes
CountriesTurkey, Greece
LanguageTurkish

Tüzen's debut feature premiered at the 72nd Venice International Film Festival in the International Film Critics' Week section in September, 2015.[2]

Plot

Nesrin is an urban, upper–middle-class woman recovering from a divorce. She's quit her office job, abandoned her house in Istanbul, and come to the village house of her deceased grandmother to finish a novel and live out her childhood dream of being a writer. When her conservative and increasingly unhinged mother turns up uninvited and refuses to leave, Nesrin's writing stalls and her fantasies of village life turn bitter as the two are forced to confront the darker corners of each other's inner worlds.

Accolades
Awards
Award Date of ceremony Category Recipients and nominees Result
Venice Film Festival[3] 23 July 2015 Lion of the Future Senem Tüzen Nominated
Warsaw International Film Festival[4] 19 October 2015 FIPRESCI Award Senem Tüzen Won
Warsaw International Film Festival[4] 19 October 2015 NETPAC Award (Best Asian Film) Senem Tüzen Won
Tbilisi Film Festival[5] 10 December 2015 Golden Prometheus (Best Film) Senem Tüzen Won
Asia Pacific Screen Awards[6] 26 November 2015 Best Screenplay Senem Tüzen Won
Asia Pacific Screen Awards[7] 5 October 2015 UNESCO Award Senem Tüzen Nominated
International Adana Film Festival[8] 20 September 2015 SIYAD Best Film (Turkish Film Critics) Senem Tüzen Won
International Adana Film Festival[8] 20 September 2015 Best Screenplay Senem Tüzen Won
International Adana Film Festival[8] 20 September 2015 Best Lead Actress Nihal Koldaş Won
International Adana Film Festival[8] 20 September 2015 Best Cinematography Vedat Özdemir Won
International Adana Film Festival[8] 20 September 2015 FİLM-YÖN Best Director Senem Tüzen Won
Reykjavik International Film Festival[9] 12 September 2015 Golden Puffin Award Senem Tüzen Nominated
Gothenburg Film Festival[10] 12 January 2016 The Ingmar Bergman International Debut Award Senem Tüzen Nominated

References
  1. "Ana Yurdu - Venice International Film Critics' Week".
  2. "Venice Critics' Week Section Announces Lineup Of Promising First Works". Variety.
  3. "An all-European Critics' Week at Venice". Cineurope.
  4. "Critics pick Turkey's 'Ana Yurdu' as best film at Warsaw festival". Today's Zaman. Archived from the original on 20 October 2015. Retrieved 19 October 2015.
  5. "Georgia Impresses at Prometheus but Turkey Wins Gold". Georgia Today. Retrieved 10 December 2015.
  6. "Asia Pacific Screen Awards: Apichatpong Weerasethakul's 'Cemetery Of Splendor' Wins Best Feature". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 13 November 2014.
  7. "Spear nominated for APSA UNESCO award". If Magazine. Retrieved 5 October 2015.
  8. "GOLDEN BOLL WINNERS ANNOUNCED" (PDF). Adana Film Festival. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 August 2016. Retrieved 20 September 2015.
  9. "Reykjavik reveals Golden Puffin contenders". Screen International. Retrieved 12 September 2015.
  10. "'The Yard' to kick off 450 films in Goteborg". Screen International. Retrieved 13 November 2014.
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