The Announcement
- Feature
- 2018
- 95 Minutes
- Turkey, Bulgaria
- Language: Turkish
May 22nd, 1963. Unhappy with the existing social and political situation in Turkey, a group of military officers have planned a coup d’état to take down the government in Ankara. Meanwhile in Istanbul, their conspirators have undertaken the vital mission of taking over the National Radio station and making a formal announcement about the coup. But nothing goes to plan. Faced with a number of obstacles, including a sudden rainstorm, the absence of the radio station technician, a betrayal, the lack of feedback from Ankara and their very own insufficiency, the conspirators scramble to keep their plan on track and announce the success of the coup – that is, if the coup in the capital has taken place at all. Based on actual events and told over the course of a single night, “The Announcement” is a wry commentary on Turkey’s uneasy political past – and present. Biting political satire meets subtle comedy in a film that highlights the absurdity of its story without ever being anything less than dead serious.
Director: Mahmut Fazıl Coşkun
Screenwriter: Ercan Kesal, Mahmut Fazıl Coşkun
Production Company: Filmotto Production, Chouchkov Brothers (Bulgaria), BKM
Premier Status: Asian Premiere
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Awards
Venice Film Festival, Orizzonti competition section, Special Jury PrizeAthens International Film Festival
Haifa International Film Festival
Sao Paolo International Film Festival
Cast and Crew
Screenwriter: Ercan Kesal, Mahmut Fazıl Coşkun
Producer: Halil Kardaş, Tarık Tufan
DOP / Camera: Krum Rodrigues
Editor: Çiçek Kahraman
Music: Okan Kaya
Sound: Murat Celikkol
Cast: Ali Seçkiner Alıcı, Tarhan Karagöz, Murat Kılıç, Şencan Güleryüz
Director

Mahmut Fazıl Coşkun
He began filmmaking with directing documentaries in year 2000. He made his first fiction film Wrong Rosary (Uzak Ihtimal) in 2009 with which he won several national and international awards including Rotterdam Film Festival’s Golden Tiger Award and Istanbul Film Festival’s Best Director award. His second film Yozgat Blues was finished in 2013 and premiered at San Sebastian Film Festival. The Announcement (Anons) is his third film.