FIRST FEATURES, FIRST EXCITEMENTS
ON THE WATER SURFACE
Director: Zeynep Köprülü
Türkiye / 2024 / Colour / 90’ / Turkish; English subtitles
Screenplay: Selin Sevinç, Zeynep Köprülü
Music: Efe Demiral, Nova Norda
Cinematography: Lucile Mercier
Cast: Cemre Ebüzziya, Nazan Kesal, Yasemin Szawlowski, Aytek Şayan, Şamil Kafkas
Producer: Utku Zeka, Kazım Karaismailoğlu
Production Company: Periferi Film, KK Films
World Rights: Feel Sales, Ninova Films Distribution
Deniz returns to her hometown to attend her widowed mother’s wedding. The anger, fear, and guilt she thought she’d left behind, resurface during this visit.
TRAILER
Zeynep Köprülü
Zeynep Köprülü received her BA from Galatasaray University faculty of communication. She then studied filmmaking in Bilgi University and attended FAMU in Prague with Erasmus Scholarship. She entered the Istanbul film industry by working in the production department of many films including Hollywood productions. She founded Periferi Film under which she shot short films, documentaries and web videos.