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Ararat | © JIP Film und Verleih
© JIP Film und Verleih

Ararat

  • Marmara (Working title)
Feature Film | 2021-2023 | Drama, Society | Germany

Brief synopsis

A destructive young woman, Zeynep, is accused of intentionally causing a car accident to harm her boyfriend. She flees from Berlin to her parents’ house in the Turkish province, close to a dormant volcano, the Mount Ararat. With her sexual aggression she turns her parents' deadlocked marriage and an entire society upside down - but not the dormant demons from her past.

Cast

ActorRole nameVoice actor / SpeakerVoice actor
Merve AksoyZeynep [L]
Funda RosenlandFatma [L]
Rasim JafarovHasan [L]
Aziz ÇapkurtAli [SR]
Baran SeyhanDogan [SR]

Crew

ActivityNameComment
Production accountantKatrin Große
ColoristDirk Meier
Director of photographyMikołaj Syguda
DIT digital imaging technicianTunahan Emre Bilgin
DirectorEngin Kundag
1st AD (local system)Majid Bakhtiari
EditorEvelyn Rack
Assistant editorBillie Jagodzinska
Lighting assistantSerhat Ak
ProducerEngin Kundag
ProducerMarkus Kaatsch
ProducerMargarita Amineva
Service producerBaran Seyhan
ScreenwriterEngin Kundag
Audio describerFelix Koch
Audio description (German)
Audio description (German)
Commissioning editorChristian Bauer
Commissioning editorBarbara Häbe

Production companies

CompanyComment
Zeitgeist Filmproduktion GmbH & Co. KG [de]
EKF, Engin Kundag Film [de]
Arte [de/fr]
co-production
co-production
SR - Saarländischer Rundfunk [de]
co-production
co-production

Distribution / Sales companies

CompanyComment
ArtHood Entertainment GmbH [de]
JIP Film und Verleih [de]

Facilities

DepartmentCompanyComment
Film Processing/TransfersRotor Film GmbH
Subtitles / Audio descriptionNo Limits Media GmbH

Awards

Award winnerYearAwardCategory 
Engin Kundag2023Berlin Int. Film Festival (Berlinale) [de]
Compass-Perspektive-Award
Compass-Perspektive-AwardNominated
Engin Kundag2023Berlin Int. Film Festival (Berlinale) [de]
Heiner-Carow-Prize
Heiner-Carow-PrizeNominated
Engin Kundag2023Berlin Int. Film Festival (Berlinale) [de]
GWFF Best First Feature Award
GWFF Best First Feature AwardNominated
Zeitgeist Filmproduktion GmbH & Co. KG [de]2023Lucca Film Festival [it]
Special Mention of the Jury
Special Mention of the JuryWinner

Festivals

YearCountryFestivalComment
2023ItalyLucca Film Festival
2023GermanyBerlin Int. Film Festival (Berlinale)
Perspektive Deutsches Kino / Spotlight
Perspektive Deutsches Kino / Spotlight
2023IraqDuhok International Film Festival
2023TurkeyIstanbul Film Festival
2023AustriaThis Human World - Human Rights Film Festival
2023TurkeyIstanbul Film Festival
Young Masters Sektion
Young Masters Sektion
2023ItalyAsti International Film Festival
2023KosovoPriFest - Prishtina International Film Festival

Cinema releases and premieres

TypeCountryDateComment
PremiereWednesday, 22/02/2023Berlinale