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Sibel

Her fellow villagers believe she is cursed and shun her. To win them over, Sibel, who is mute, decides to go search for a dangerous wolf, but finds a deserter instead.

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Deze voorstelling maakt deel uit van Rialto Filmclub met als gastspreker deze maand Ernst-Jan Pfauth.

Sibel

Since time immemorial, a whistled language allowing its users to communicate through whistling in a surprisingly nuanced way has been used in addition to spoken language in the Turkish mountain village of Kuşköy near the Black Sea. For 25-year-old Sibel it's the only language at her disposal, as she is mute. Her fellow villagers shun her as if she is cursed. To win them over, she decides to go search for a dangerous wolf, which particularly the women in the village are afraid of. One day, instead of the wolf, she encounters a wounded man, a deserter who is running from the police. He sees her with different eyes.

In their fourth collaboration, writer-director duo Guillaume Giovanetti and Çagla Zencirci tell a story about the position of women in Turkey, stifling traditions, and lack of compassion, blending these themes with fairy-tale elements, such as from Cinderella and Little Red Riding Hood. The magical nature plays a central role.

Thursday 22 August with introduction by One World editor-in-chief Seada Nourhussen.

De Balie
Sibel will be screened at De Balie on Monday 19 August at 21:15h. Tickets for all WCA screenings at De Balie can be purchased via their website. Click here for tickets for this screening.  

ÇAĞLA ZENCIRCI (1976, Turkey) & GUILLAUME GIOVANETTI (1978, France) are a directorial duo based in Paris and Istanbul whose shorts and two features – Noor (2014) and Ningen (2015) – have been selected for more than 200 festivals and awarded more than 40 times. Sibel (2018) is their third feature, and was selected for the Competition at Locarno International Film Festival 2018.