Sivas (film)

Sivas
Film poster
Directed byKaan Müjdeci
Written byKaan Müjdeci
Produced byYasin Müjdeci
StarringDoğan İzci
CinematographyMartin Solvang
Armin Dierolf
Edited byYorgos Mavropsardis
Release dates
  • 3 September 2014 (2014-09-03) (Venice)
  • 31 October 2014 (2014-10-31) (Turkey)
Running time
97 minutes
CountriesTurkey
Germany
LanguageTurkish

Sivas is a 2014 Turkish drama film directed by Kaan Müjdeci. It was selected to compete for the Golden Lion at the 71st Venice International Film Festival[1][2] where it won the Special Jury Prize. The film was selected as the Turkish entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 88th Academy Awards but it was not nominated.[3][4]

  1. ^ "International competition of feature films". Venice. Archived from the original on 6 October 2014. Retrieved 24 July 2014.
  2. ^ "Venice Film Festival Lineup Announced". Deadline. Retrieved 24 July 2014.
  3. ^ "'Sivas' named Turkey's Oscar entry". Today's Zaman. 15 September 2015. Retrieved 15 September 2015.
  4. ^ Holdsworth, Nick (17 September 2015). "Oscars: Turkey Selects 'Sivas' for Foreign-Language Category". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 17 September 2015.