SIVAS

By Kaan MÜJDECİ

FIYAB - TURKISH FILM PRODUCERS PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATION - as SALES All rights, World / PROMO

Drama - Completed 2014

Sivas’ tells a tale of the skewed relationship of human beings to each other, to animals and to nature itself. Set in a village in Middle Anatolia, ‘Sivas’ narrates a story of power that interferes in love and friendship. I remember very well how I felt when I first saw men watching a dogfight: asce

Festivals
& Awards

Venice - Biennale 2014
Special Jury Prize & Premio Bastio D'oro for Best Actor
Abu Dhabi FF 2014
Best Actor Award & Child Protection Award for Best Script
Hamburg 2014
In Competition
    • Year of production
    • 2014
    • Genres
    • Drama
    • Countries
    • TURKEY, GERMANY
    • Budget
    • 1 - 3 M$
    • Duration
    • 97 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Kaan MÜJDECİ
    • Writer(s)
    • Kaan MÜJDECI
    • Producer(s)
    • Yasin MÜJDECI, Coloured GIRAFFES, Kaan FILM
    • Synopsis
    • Establishing a bleak Anatolian village in Eastern Turkey as its setting, Sivas features the story of an eleven year old boy (Aslan) and a weathered fighting dog (Sivas) who develop a strong relationship after Aslan finds Sivas wounded in a ditch, left to die. Meanwhile, a school play of the Snow White and the Seven Dwarves dominates the background as Aslan is disappointed in losing the role of the prince to Osman, his rival-in-love and son of the village head. While Osman gets ahead in the two boys' race to win the hand of Ayse, the "princess" of the village, Aslan tries to impress her with his new-found friend. And Sivas, having found a new lease on life, wins one fight after another, strengthening Aslan's hand against Osman. However, as Sivas's success at the fighting ground attracts more attention by the village head, the roles subtly change and Aslan finds himself in an unexpected crash-course into adulthood, leaving the princess behind