Bye Bye Turtle
France, Turkey / Fiction / 24’ 36’’ / 2K / Color / 2024
Inci's mother is dead. That day, while maundering in the deserted plateaus of the Black Sea, the young Inci meets Zeynep (30). Back in the region after a long absence, Zeynep carries a bulky black bag. Even if they are total strangers, Inci and Zeynep join their solitude for a while, wandering over the foggy and sunny mountains, from one father to the other, from dawn to darkness.
Director: Selin Öksüzoğlu
Script: Selin Öksüzoğlu
Director of Photography: Léo Roussel
Producer: Jeanne Ezvan, Marthe Lamy, Seda Turan (co-producer)
Music: Gözen Atila, Pingipung Records
Editing: Charles Claudon
Sound: Özkan Boz, Arthur Moget, Paul Jousselin
Cast: Nursema Çepni, Meltem Ünel, Neriman Çilingiroğlu, Ibrahim Çolakoğlu, Serhat Şahin, Okan Çolakoğlu, Özkan Boz, Necati Çepni
CV
Selin was born and raised in Turkey. In 2010, she arrived in France and studied psychology. She works as a psychologist with people in exile and youngsters in foster care.
In parallel, auto-didact, she joined in 2019 the writing residency La Ruche Gindou Cinéma thanks to which she developed her first screenplay “Bye Bye Turtle”.
Filmography
2024 Adieu tortue (Bye Bye Turtle)
Festivals Attended
Berlin International Film Festival 2024