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About Dry Grasses

On Barren Weeds (Working title)

Feature Film | 2021-2023 | Drama | France, Germany, Sweden, Turkey

Main data

Director	Nuri Bilge Ceylan
Written by	Akın Aksu, Nuri Bilge Ceylan, Ebru Ceylan
Production	Komplizen Film GmbH, Memento Films [fr], Second Land [se], Film i Väst [se], Arte France Cinéma [fr], BR Bayerischer Rundfunk [de], TRT Türkiye Radyo ve Televizyon [tr], Playtime [fr]
Distributor	Playtime [fr], eksystent Filmverleih, Memento Films [fr], Stowarzyszenie Nowe Horyzonty [pl], Voodoo Films [ro], Weird Wave [gr]

Project data

Budget	3.5M €
Film financing	Aide aux Cinémas du Monde (CNC - Institut français) [fr] (02/2021) Doha Film Institute [qa] MOIN Film Fund Hamburg Schleswig-Holstein [de] - production funding cinema: 75.000 EUR (02/2021) Film Paris Region [fr] Eurimages [eu]
Length of movie	3h 17min
Aspect ratio	Cinemascope (1 : 2,39)
Sound format	Dolby SRD / Dolby digital (5.1, 6 channels)

Trailers/Videos

Youtube (Turkish)
Youtube (French)
Youtube (Greek)
Youtube (Romanian)
German trailer

Posters

Brief synopsis

Samet, a young art teacher, is finishing his fourth year of compulsory service in a remote village in Anatolia. After a turn of events he can hardly make sense of, he loses his hopes of escaping the grim life he seems to be stuck in. Will his encounter with Nuray, herself a teacher, help him overcome his angst?

Cast

Actor	Role name	Voice actor / SpeakerVoice actor
Deniz Celiloğlu	Samet [L]
Merve Dizdar	Nuray [L]
Musab Ekici	Kenan [L]
Ece Bagci	Sevim [L]

Crew

Activity	Name	Comment
Production accountant	Andrea Göpfert
1st AD	Begüm Aydin
Director of photography	Cevahir Sahin
Director of photography	Kürsat Üresin
Casting director	Pinar Gök
Costume designer	Gülşah Yüksel
Director	Nuri Bilge Ceylan
Editor	Oğuz Atabaş
Composer	Philip Timofeyev
Producer	Nuri Bilge Ceylan
Executive producer	Mediha Didem Türemen
Co-producer	Alexandre Mallet-Guy
Co-producer	Rémi Burah
Co-producer	Anthony Muir
Co-producer	Jonas Dornbach
Co-producer	Olivier Père
Co-producer	Nadir Öperli
Co-producer	Janine Jackowski
Co-producer	Mehmet Zahid Sobaci
Co-producer	Sébastien Beffa
Co-producer	Maren Ade
Production designer	Meral Aktan
Line producer	Barış Yıldırım
Line producer	Janina Schafft Coproduction/Komplizen Film	Coproduction/Komplizen Film
Production coordinator	Jessica Mader Coproduction / Komplizen Film	Coproduction / Komplizen Film
Production coordinator	Julia Brachert Coproduction / Komplizen Film	Coproduction / Komplizen Film
Screenwriter	Nuri Bilge Ceylan
Screenwriter	Akın Aksu
Screenwriter	Ebru Ceylan
Production sound mixer	Fatih Aydoğdu
Sound re-recording mixer	Jean-Pierre Laforce
Sound editor	Clément Laforce
Commissioning editor	Carlos Gerstenhauer BR	BR

Production companies

Company	Comment
Memento Films [fr] coproduction	coproduction
Komplizen Film GmbH coproduction	coproduction
Second Land [se] coproduction	coproduction
Film i Väst [se] coproduction	coproduction
Arte France Cinéma [fr] coproduction	coproduction
BR Bayerischer Rundfunk [de] coproduction	coproduction
TRT Türkiye Radyo ve Televizyon [tr] coproduction, TRT Sinema	coproduction, TRT Sinema
Playtime [fr] coproduction	coproduction

Distribution / Sales companies

Company	Comment
Playtime [fr] World Sales	World Sales
eksystent Filmverleih Germany (theatrical)	Germany (theatrical)
Memento Films [fr] France (theatrical)	France (theatrical)
Stowarzyszenie Nowe Horyzonty [pl] Poland (theatrical)	Poland (theatrical)
Voodoo Films [ro] Cinema distribution in Romania	Cinema distribution in Romania
Weird Wave [gr] Greece	Greece

Awards

Award winner	Year	Award	Category
Merve Dizdar	2023	Festival de Cannes [fr] Best Actress	Best Actress	Winner

Festivals

Year	Country	Festival	Comment
2023	Poland	IFF New Horizons Masters	Masters
2023	Canada	TIFF - Toronto Int. Film Festival Centrepiece	Centrepiece

Cinema releases and premieres

Type	Country	Date	Comment
Theatre release	Germany	Thursday, 16/05/2024
Theatre release	Poland	Thursday, 25/04/2024
Theatre release	Romania	Friday, 12/01/2024
Theatre release	Greece	Thursday, 12/10/2023
Theatre release	France	Wednesday, 12/07/2023
Premiere		Friday, 19/05/2023	Festival de Cannes [fr]

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