Türkiye, France, Netherlands, Greece, Sweden, Saudi Arabia
- 2025
Spanish premiere
In a remote village high in the Turkish mountains, the return of an exiled clan reignites a decades-old land dispute. Dormant resentments resurface and Mesut, the local leader’s brother, is seized by unsettling visions believed to be divine warnings. As religious convictions, power struggles and tensions surge in the community, will they move toward tragedy or salvation?
Emin Alper
Born in Ermenek, Turkey in 1974, he studied economics and history at Boğaziçi University in Istanbul and has a PhD in Turkish modern history. His debut feature film ‘Tepenin Ardi’ (‘Beyond the Hill’, 2012) received numerous awards including the Caligari Film Prize at Berlinale Forum and Best Film at Asia Pacific Awards. His second film, ‘Frenzy’ (2015), premiered in competition at the Venice International Film Festival and won the Special Jury Prize. . In 2019, he returned to the Berlinale’s official competition with ‘A Tale of Three Sisters’, which also competed in the Official Selection at Seminci. His fourth feature film, ‘Burning Days’ (2022), had its world premiere in the Un Certain Regard section at the Cannes Film Festival, and ‘Salvation’ (2026), his latest picture, won the Grand Jury Prize at the Berlinale. He is currently the artistic director of Sinematek/Cinema House in Istanbul.
DIRECTOR
Emin Alper
SCREENPLAY
Emin Alper
CINEMATOGRAPHY
Ahmet Sesigürgil, Barış Aygen
EDITOR
Özcan Vardar
SOUND
Dimitris Kanellopoulos, Nardi van Dijk
MUSIC
Christiaan Verbeek
PRODUCTION COMPANY
Liman Film, Bir Film, Meltem Films, TS Productions, Circe Films, Horsefly Films, ERT, Second Land, Red Sea Film Fund, Kaap Holland Film
CAST
Caner Cindoruk, Berkay Ateş, Feyyaz Duman, Naz Göktan, Ozlemn Taş, Eren Demir, Selim Akgül, Hichi Demi
RUNNING TIME
120 min.
TYPE
Feature film
FORMAT
Color
YEAR OF PRODUCTION
2025
COUNTRY
Türkiye, France, Netherlands, Greece, Sweden, Saudi Arabia
