In a snowy Kurdish mountain village, in the east of Turkey, an old woman Berfé and her granddaughter Jiyan are distressed. The only man in the household, Temo, the son of one and the father of the other, was arrested by the Turkish military. The commanding officer has been told that the villagers are hiding weapons, so he arrested all the men and announced that they will be kept in prison until their families hand over the weapons. The problem is that there are no weapons in the village.
Desperate, Berfé and Jiyan embark on a long journey, in search of a gun which they could exchange for their beloved Temo. Will the old woman and her innocent granddaughter find a way out of the inextricable Kurdish identity conflict?
EZ FILMS & ASI FILMS present:
by Hüsseyin Karabey ( Turkey-France-Germany 2014 )
• Berlinale / Generation 2014
“Promoting human values, condemning the system.” ( CineEuropa.org, 2014 )
Come to my voice – Materials
Come To My Voice - Press Kit (3.2 MiB)
Come to my voice - Poster (2.7 MiB)
Festival Participations:
• Berlinale / Generation – Germany ( February 2014 )
• Mooov Film Festival – Belgium ( April 2014 )
• Istanbul Film Festival – Turkey ( April 2014 ) [ 3 Awards: Audience Award, Best Music Award, CineEurope Award ]
• Transilvania International Film Festival – Romania ( June 2014 )
• Jerusalem International Film Festival – Israel ( July 2014 )
• Espoo Cine International Film Festival – Finland ( August 2014 )
• Montreal World Film Festival – Canada ( August 2014 )
• Milano Film Festival – Italy ( September 2014 ) [ Audience Award ]
• Vancouver International Film Festival – Canada ( September 2014 )
• Operation Kino – Romania ( September 2014 )
• Batumi International Art-House Film Festival – Georgia ( September 2014 )
• San Diego International Film Festival – USA/California ( September 2014 )
• Let’s CEE Film Festival – Austria ( October 2014 )
• Santa Fe Independent Film Festival – USA/New Mexico ( October 2014 )
• Sao Paulo International Film Festival – Brasil ( October 2014 )
• Festival du Cinéma International en Abitibi-Témiscamingue – Canada ( October 2014 )
• Cinedays Festival of European Films – Macedonia ( November 2014 )
• Saint Louis International Film Festival – USA/Missouri ( November 2014 )
• Mar de Plata International Film Festival – Argentina ( November 2014 ) [ 3 Awards: Best Film Award, Audience Award, Special Mention Award ]
• Bahamas International Film Festival – Bahamas ( December 2014 )
• Brussels Mediterranean Film Festival – Belgium ( December 2014 ) [ 2 Awards: Jury Award + Press Critics Award ]
• Kerala International Film Festival – India ( December 2014 )
• Anchorage International Film Festival – USA/Alaska ( December 2014 ) [ Runner-up Feature Film Award ]
• Palm Springs International Film Festival – USA/California ( January 2015 )
• Pune International Film Festival – India ( January 2015 )
• Festival Ciné Junior – France ( January 2015 )
• Spokane International Film Festival – USA/Washington ( February 2015 )
• The Association of Kurdish Students and Academics – Denmark ( February 2015 )
• Portland International Film Festival – USA/Oregon ( February 2015 )
• Cleveland International Film Festival – USA/Ohio ( March 2015 )
• Movies that Matter – Netherlands ( March 2015 )
• Garden State Film Festival – USA/New Jersey ( March 2015 ) [ Best International Feature Film Award ]
• Rated SR – Socially Relevant Film Festival – USA/New York ( March 2015 )
• Festival du film d’Alès – France ( March 2015 )
• Sofia International Film Festival – Bulgaria ( March 2015 ) [ Best Balkan Film Award ]
• Uruguay International Film Festival – Uruguay ( April 2015 )
• Tetouan International Film Festival – Morocco ( April 2015 )
• Turkish American cultural Society – USA/Massachusetts ( April 2015 )
• Trento International Film Festival – Italy ( April 2015 )
• Rome Turkish Film Festival – Italy ( April 2015 )
• CPH PIX – Denmark ( April 2015 )
• Oslo Cinemateket – Norway ( April 2015 )
• Salisbury International Arts Festival – UK ( May 2015 )
• Hasna Washington DC – USA/Washington DC ( May 2015 )
• Ciranda de Filmes – Brasil ( May 2015 )
• Maine International Film Festival – USA/Maine ( July 2015 ) [ Audience Award ]
• Festival International du Film Nancy-Lorraine – France ( August 2015 )
• Portland Museum of Art – USA/Maine ( September 2015 )
• London Kurdish Film Festival – UK ( October 2015 )
• Festival du Film Kurde de Paris – France ( October 2015 )
• Tbilisi International Film Festival – Georgia ( November 2015 )
• Copenhaguen Kurdish Film Festival – Denmark ( February 2016 )
• Festival du film de Turquie – France ( April 2016 )
• Festival Cinéma du monde de Sherbrooke – Canada ( April 2016 ) [ Jury Special Mention ]
• Festival du cinéma de Douarnenez – France ( Aout 2016 )