SEPARATION

Duration:
90 min

Type:
Fiction

Year:
2023

Director:
Hasan Demirtas

Producer:
Hasan Demirtas

Country:
Kurdistan (Bakur)

Languages:
Kurdish

Subtitles:
English

Life in a Kurdish village in Eastern Turkey is routine for Grandfather Hamit. Every day for the last 5 years he visits his wife’s grave. Political problems force Hamit and the other villagers to leave their village. Grandfather Hamit and his son’s family want to go to Germany.

Hasan Demirtas received his BA from Marmara University in Istanbul. His shorts got awards from the Film Festivals and participated in international Film Festivals including the Cannes Film Festival and Oscar Academy Award®qualifying Film Festival 42nd Atlanta Film Festival, Atlanta, USA. Demirtas graduated from Documentary Media MFA at Northwestern University.

You Name It is his first documentary feature film. You Name It participated in many Film Festivals including Treasure Coast Film Festival in the USA, The International TV Broadcasters and Independent Producers Festival SIMFEST in Romania, and Thessaloniki Documentary Festival Marketing. You Name It received Best Documentary Feature film from Collected Voices Film Festival in the USA. In 2023 Demirtas finished Separation, his first fiction feature film. Separation selected at 77th Salerno International Film Festival in Italy, 46th Moscow International Film Festival in Russia, 24th Annual Phoenix Film Festival in the USA, Castelli Romani International Film Festival in Rome, Skip City International D-Cinema Festival in Japan, Amsterdam Koerdisch Film Festival in Netherlands and Festival 7ème Lune in France