Anatolian Leopard

Year of production: 2021

Category: Drama Producer's country: Turkey, Germany, Denmark, Poland Director Emre Kayis

Cast
Ugur Polat, Ipek Turktan, Tansu Bicer, Hatice Aslan, Osman Alkas

Description

Fikret (48) is the director of the oldest zoo in the country, which is undergoing transformation: it will be privatized and an amusement park will replace the zoo. The last obstacle to finalize the transaction is the oldest resident of the zoo, an Anatolian leopard, which, as a species threatened with extinction, is legally protected.

Fikret is a man of habit, silent, introspective, exhausted by life. Long divorced, he has lost his idealism and leads a lonely life.

On New Year’s Eve, a bit tipsy and bored by a discussion with an old friend about politics, he ends up at the zoo. He decides to pay a visit to the leopard. He sits down in front of the old fellow and eventually notices that it is dead. Without thinking too much, he decides to hide the body and pretend the leopard has escaped...

Title: Anatolian Leopard

Runtime: 100'

Genre: Feature

Direction: Emre Kayis

Script: Emre Kayis

Year of production: 2021

Status: Post-production

Countries: Turkey, Germany, Denmark, Poland

Production: Tato Films (UA, Olena Yershova ), Elemag Productions (DE, Tanya Georgieva-Waldauer), Adomeit (DK, Jon Hammer), Donten & Lacroix Films (PL, Maria Blicharska, Monika Sajko-Gradowska)

Support: Tureckie Ministerstwo Kultury, MDM Region, Danish Film Institute, Polish Film Institute, Poznan Film Commission

Aspect ratio: 2.39:1

Sales: Luxbox

Distribution: Aurora films (PL), ARP Sélection (FR)

Awards:

Toronto International Film Festival

2021 | Winner: FIPRESCI Prize

Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival

2021 | Winner: Best Art Direction [En İyi Sanat Yönetimi]

Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival

2021 | Winner: Behlül Dal Best First Film Award [Behlül Dal En İyi İlk Film Ödülü]

Ankara Uluslararası Film Festivali2021 | Winner: Best Film [En İyi Film]