Albüm, dir. Mehmet Can Mertoğlu, feature, 104 min, 2016
Synopsis: An earnest provincial couple goes to great lengths to create a photo album of a fake pregnancy as eventual proof of a biological tie to their adopted baby... A satirical first feature.
Produced by Yoel Meranda & Eytan İpeker
World Sales: Match Factory
French Distribution: Le Pacte
Co-produced by ARTE France Cinéma, Cedomir Kolar, Danis Tanović (France), Călin Peter Netzer (Romania)
Supported by Eurimages, Romanian Film Center, Turkish Ministry of Culture, Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg
Reviews:
Variety • Cineuropa • Slant Magazine • Les Inrocks(French) • Habertürk (Turkish) • T24 (Turkish)
Awards:
69th Cannes Film Festival - Critics Week: Prix Révélation France4
33rd Jerusalem Film Fest - Best International First Feature
22nd Sarajevo Film Festival - Best Feature Film, Cineuropa Award
CICAE Award 13th Sevilla Film Festival (New Waves Section) - Special Award
7th Piran Film Festival - Best First Feature
22nd Belgrade Auteur Film Fest - Special Prize
Screenings:
New York Film Festival • Vancouver Film Festival • Stockholm Film Festival • AFI Film Festival • Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival • Festival des 3 Continents • Melbourne Film Festival • Thessaloniki International Film Festival • Let's CEE • Warsaw Film Festival • Bergen Film Festival • Les Films de Cannes a Bucarest • Festival del Cinema Europeo • Tbilisi International Film Festival • Festival Internacional de Cine de Morelia • Zinebi • Bogota International Film Festival • Festival de Cine de Lima • Festival Ciné32 Indépendance (s) et Création