Credits
Director Ali Cabbar
Writer Ali Cabbar
Producer Ali Cabbar
Project Type Documentary
Runtime 20minutes
Country of Origin Turkey
Synopsis
After his father’s death, Yusuf goes to his village, which he has not been to for years, and learns that a geothermal company wants to buy his father’s agricultural lands and drill a well. He wants to solve problems without disrespecting his father’s memory, but things don’t go as he hoped and he has to make some tough decisions.
Director Biography
Ali Cabbar was born and raised in the province of Manisa, Turkey. He graduated from Eylül University, Faculty of Fine Arts, Dramatic Writing in 2013. Following a successful festival run with his first short film MADUN / SUBORDINATE (2020), about the struggle of illegal African refugees in Istanbul, he was awarded a grant from the European Union Think Civic Program to shoot his next project. This second short, BAHÇELER PUT KESİLDİ / GARDENS PETRIFIED, on a man’s struggle to protect his land from the threat of geothermal wells, had its world premiere at the prestigious Clermont Ferrand Short Film Festival in 2022 and received several awards from several environmental themed festivals.
