THE PIGEON THIEVES

SİNOPSİS

Sixteen-year-old Mahmut's only occupation in the town where he lives is feeding tumbling pigeons and stealing others' pigeons with his friends. One day one of his pigeons escapes and does not return. When Mahmut finds the bird nesting on a rooftop, he meets Ismail, an eight-year-old boy who lives in the house. This meeting will profoundly affect his life from that moment on. Mahmut will now steal the pigeons to fulfill Ismail's dream

Specification

Feature Film 2019 Turkey 82' 16:9 Color Turkish & English

Director

Osman Nail Doğan

Script

Osman Nail Doğan , Samet Doğan

Producer

Sinan Sertel, Turgay Şahin

Co-Producer

Fanus-u Hayal Movie, TRT

Line Producer

Halil Kardaş, Emrah Göçen

Casting Director

Seyit Nizam Yılmaz, Mert Buğra Tataroğlu, Kutay Sandıkçı, Gökhan Yıkılkan, Burçin Sezen

Director of Photography

Mehmet Başbaran

Editing

Naim Kanat

Production Design

Çağrı Aydın

Art Director

Emel Erden, Ertuğrul Aysel

Assistant Director

İbrahim Halil Şahin

Sound Recording

Eli Haligua

Sound Design

Fatih Ragbet

Music

Ali Saran

Festivals

-30th Ankara International Film Festival - Best Editing
-30th Ankara International Film Festival - Best Film
-37th Istanbul Film Festival - Meetings on the Bridge - Başka Sinema Distribution Award
-38th Istanbul Film Festival - Best Turkish Film of the Year
-24th Sarajevo Film Festival - Best Film Nominee
-17th Dhaka International Film Festival - Best Film
-25th Adana International Film Festival - Promising Young Actor
-25th Adana International Film Festival - Best Editing