The Pillar of Salt
Director: Burak Çevik
Script: Burak Çevik
Director of Photography: Burak Serin
Producer: Burak Çevik, Arda Çiltepe, Cem Celal Bilge, Semih Gülen
Musician: Ozan Tekin
Editing: Burak Çevik
Cast: Zinnure Türe, Dila Yumurtacı, Esme Madra, Nihal Koldaş, Elit İşcan, Nazan Kesal, Nalan Kuruçim, Reyhan Özdilek, Ayşe Demirel, Banu Fotocan, Bahar Çevik
Turkey / Fiction / 70’ / HD / Color / 2018
A reclusive woman in her thirties leads a life condemned to being stuck in time in a cave-like room. During her rare trips to the city, she chats with an oarswoman haunted by demons. She searches for her sister in the city in places like an old TV repair shop, a basement set for ping pong, an abandoned botanical garden. During this journey in which time and space are out of joint, a recurring dream is recounted time after time.
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Burak Cevik received his BA in Film at Istanbul Bilgi University. His first feature film The Pillar of Salt, which he wrote and directed, premiered at Berlinale Forum in 2018. The film was screened in competition section of various national festivals such as Istanbul Film Festival, Ankara Film Festival and Adana Film Festival.
In 2019, Belonging, which he wrote and directed, premiered at Berlinale Forum. The film was screened in more than 25 countries, including MoMa and Lincoln Center in New York, Sarajevo Film Festival, Thessaloniki Film Festival, Sao Paolo Film Festival, Vancouver Film Festival. He won the ‘International Emerging Filmmaker Award’ at Open City Film Festival in London. Belonging was screened in competition section of various national festivals such as Bosphorus Film Festival, Adana Film Festival and Malatya Film Festival. It won Best Script and Best Film awards at Bosphorus Film Festival.
Currently he is teaching at Istanbul Bilgi University, department of Cinema and Television.
Filmography
Aidiyet - Belonging 2019
Tuzdan Kaide - The Pillar of Salt 2018
Sekiz Haziran - The Eighth of June (Short) 2013
Beklerken - Waiting (Short) 2010
Festivals Attended
Berlinale Forum, Skopje Film Festival, Istanbul Film Festival, Adana Film Festival, Ankara Film Festival, Eskisehir Film Festival, Bogaziçi Film Festival, Kaunas Film Festival, Rabat Film Festival, Sudan Film Festival, Cinemistica Festival, Madrid - La Casa Encendida