My Father's Wings
- Feature
- 2016
- 101 Minutes
- Turkey
- Language: Turkish and Kurdish
Set against the backdrop of construction activity promising to fill in the empty spaces of the urban landscape with entirely new neighborhoods, a story unfolds of an aging construction worker who, unlike his peers, has to drop all plans for the future after being diagnosed with a malignant tumor. This debut film contemplates the dignity of the individual within the context of modern Turkish society.
Director: Kivanc Sezer
Screenwriter: Kivanc Sezer
Production Company: Nar Film
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Awards
51th Karlovy Vary International Film FestivalDuhoq International Film Festival, Yılmaz Güney Award for the Best International Feature- Lenght Film
Adana International Film Festival,Yılmaz Güney Best Film, SİYAD Best Film, Best Supporting Actor, Best Supporting Actress, Best Actor Award, Best Editing, Best Music
53th Antalya International Film Festival: Best First Film, Best Actor, Best Supporting Actress. Best Music, Dr. Avni Tolunay Special Award, Audience Award
22nd Kolkata International Film Festival: Best Director
38th Festival des 3 Continents: Audience Award
Antakya 4. Uluslararası Altındefne Film Festivali: Best Director, Best Supporting Actress, Best Editing
International Crime and Punishment Film Festival
40th São Paulo International Film Festival
Tüpisch Türkisch Film Festival
29 th Panorama of European Cinema
Antakya International Film Festival
Tblisi Film Festival
Bosphorus Film Festival
Rendez - Vous Avec Le Cinema Turc A Paris
Tromsø International Filmfestival
Filmfestival Türkei Deutschland
SEEfest
Cast and Crew
Screenwriter: Kivanc Sezer
DOP / Camera: Joerg Gruber
Editor: Umut Sakallıoğlu, Kıvanç Sezer
Sound: Fatih Rağbet
Music: Bajar
Producer: Soner Alper
Cast: Menderes Samancılar , Musab Ekici , Kübra Kip, Tansel Öngel
Director
Kivanc Sezer
Kıvanç Sezer (b. 1982, Ankara) studied engineering at university before moving to Italy to take up a career as a filmmaker. He studied editing in Italy for two years at the prestigious Cineteca di Bologna. While there he met a number of important directors who inspired his work. He returned home to Turkey in 2009, making a living as an editor on TV projects and documentaries. In addition, he has created several shorts that have been screened at a variety of domestic and international venues. My Father’s Wings represents his first foray into features as a director.
Filmography: The children of Turabdin (Documentary – 2009)
How Much (Short Film – 2011)
Game of Hera (Short Film – 2012)
My Father’s Wings (2016)