| On the Way to School | |
| Director: | Orhan Eskiköy Özgür Doğan |
| Producer: | Orhan Eskiköy Özgür Doğan |
| Cinematography: | Orhan Eskiköy |
| Editing: | Thomas Balkenhol |
| Studio: | Peri-San Film |
| Distributor: | Tiglon Film |
| Country: | Turkey |
| Language: | Turkish |
| Budget: | €209,000 (estimated) |
| Gross: | $399,581 |
On the Way to School (Turkish: İki Dil Bir Bavul) is a 2008 Turkish documentary film directed by Orhan Eskiköy and Özgür Doğan. It has attracted 78,000 people in eight weeks, an impressive showing for a documentary.
The film is an openhearted account of a young Turkish teacher during a school year in a Kurdish village in southeastern Turkey.
Film production began in September 2007 and was completed in June 2008.[1]
The film opened in 22 screens across Turkey on at number five in the Turkish box office chart with an opening weekend gross of $60,387.[2]
The film debuted number five in the Turkish box office chart and has made a total gross of $399,581.
The film was photographed mostly in Demirci village which is in Şanlıurfa, Turkey.[6]