A Turkish Village. A Kurdish woman is sentenced to six years house arrest. Her older son unwillingly becomes her prison guard. Torn between two authorities, his mother and the police, he is forced to confront his own boundaries.
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Festivals & Awards
Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival
Tampere International Film Festival
Filmweek Regensburg
Landshut Short Film Festival - DaHome Award
Turkish Film Week Munich
Skepto International Film Festival - Best Short Film
Filmfest Dresden - Golden Horseman for Best Short Fictional Film
Ankara International Film Festival - Best Short Film
Stockholm Independent Film Festival - Best Short Film
Bucharest ShortCut CineFest - Best Student Film
Mediterranean Film Festival Split
FEST - New Directors New Films Festival
Festivals Films Kurds Paris
DokuFest Prizren
Kurdish Film Festival Berlin
Alpinale Short Film Festival - Best international Short Film
Filmfest Weiterstadt
Open Place Festival
Lessinia FF
Festival Silhouette
Fünf Seen Filmfestival
Nancy IFF
Winner First Steps Award of the German Film Academy
Black Canvas Mexico
World of Film Glasgow
Corto & Fieno
Show me Shorts
DukaFest
Encounters Bristol
Festival Cine Madrid
International Short Film Festival of Cyprus
Kurz Film Fest Deggendorf
Zeugma Festival Gaziantep
Short Film Festival Cologne – Honorary Jury Mention
Festival du film court de Villeurbanne
Dukafest Bosnia
Sequence Short Film Festival Toulouse
Filmschoolfest Munich
Kurdische Filmtage Leipzig
Bogoshorts
Which Human Rights Istanbul
Festival Courtoujours
Festival Amnesty International
Nominated for the German Short Film Award