
Edition: First Cut Lab Hambourg 2021
In The Blind Spot
Germany
Production company: Mîtosfilm
World Premiere: Berlin International Film Festival 2023 – Encounters Section
A German film team is shooting a documentary in northeastern Turkey. In a remote Kurdish village, they witness an elderly woman performing a recurring ritual to keep the memory of her missing son alive. The Kurdish translator of the German crew is also the nanny of Melek, a 7-year-old Turkish girl. Her father, Zafer, works for a sinister organization and is caught between loyalty to them and fear for his family’s well-being when his daughter appears to be haunted by a mysterious force. The fateful encounter of these people develops a destructive power.
CREDITS
Director & Writer: Ayşe Polat
Editors: Jörg Volkmar, Serhad Mutlu
Producers: Mehmet Aktaş, Ayşe Polat
Cast: Ahmet Varlı, Çağla Yurga, Nihan Okutucu, Tudan Ürper, Katja Bürkle, Aziz Çapkurt, Aybi Era
International Sales: ArtHood Entertainment