The Belief

The Belief

Title in original language: Bawer

Director: Erdal Salihoğlu

Running Time: 40 minutes

Completion date: 2024

Language: English, Kurmanci, Turkish

 

Synopsis

English: 

Metin, a teacher, arrives in a village in Şırnak, in eastern Türkiye, where he is to teach as part of his compulsory service. The children grow up speaking Kurdish as their mother tongue but in school are taught in Turkish. They fall behind academically due to lack of proper communication with their teachers, who humiliate, ignore, and underestimate them. Metin takes Kurdish lessons from the school janitor, Eyüp, and so learns to communicate with his students. He not only connects with them but becomes closer to the local people.

Sorani:
SORANI TO COME لە مانگی ئەیلولی ٢٠١٦، سەرۆک کۆماری تورکیا ئەمینداری بۆ جێگرتنەوەی بەرپرسانی هەڵبژێردراو لە شارەوانییەکانی لایەنگری کورد دامەزراند، بەمەش دەسەڵاتی حوکمڕانی ناوخۆیی لێسەندرایەوە. چوار دانیشتووی دیاربەکر هەوڵی پاراستنی کولتووری کوردی لە ڕێگەی زەوی و جەستە و خواردن و مۆسیقاوە دەدەن. لەگەڵ پەرەسەندنی چیرۆکەکانیان، بەریەککەوتنی ئیپیکی نێوان چاکە و خراپە لەسەر شانۆیەکی دراماتیک دەکرێتەوە.

Director's Bio

English:
Erdal Salihoğlu was born in Şırnak, Türkiye, in 1999. He graduated from the Department of Film Design and Directing at Dokuz Eylül University and is continuing his studies in the master’s program in film design.  His first short films were Purgatori (2021), Sürgü (2021), and Where Is My Mother’s House? (2022), which explore themes of rural life, family, belonging, memory, and social reality. Bawer, which he wrote as well as directed, is his first feature film and has been screened at numerous national and international film festivals, winning many awards. In addition to independent filmmaking, Salihoğlu works for film and TV, in costume, art, directing, and production departments.

Sorani: TO COME THIS IS PLACEHOLDER
ئازاد عەزیزیان سینەماکاری دۆکیۆمێنتاری کورد-ئەمریکییە و بۆ دەربڕینی ئەزموون و هەست و سۆزی هاوبەش، چەندین فیلمی دیکۆمێنتاریی جۆراوجۆری دروستکردووە. کارەکانی بریتین لە پەیوەندی کردن لەگەڵ هونەرمەندان لە هەموو بەشەکانی کوردستان و تیشک خستنە سەر ئەو سەختییانەی کە کورد بە درێژایی مێژووی خۆی لە سەرانسەری نەوەکاندا ڕووبەڕووی بووەتەوە. هاوکات لەگەڵ فێستیڤاڵە نێودەوڵەتییەکانی فیلمی کوردی کاردەکات بۆ پێشکەشکردنی سینەمای کوردی بۆ بینەرانی جیهانی.

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