| Motherland | |
| Director: | Senem Tüzen |
| Producer: | Adam Isenberg Olena Yershova Senem Tüzen |
| Starring: | Esra Bezen Bilgin Nihal Koldaş Fatma Kısa Semih Aydın |
| Cinematography: | Vedat Özdemir |
| Editing: | Adam Isenberg Yorgos Mavropsaridis |
| Studio: | Zela Film |
| Runtime: | 98 minutes |
| Country: | Turkey, Greece |
| Language: | Turkish |
Motherland (tr|Ana Yurdu) is a 2015 Turkish drama by director Senem Tüzen about a divorced, urban woman who goes to her ancestral village in Anatolia to write a book and is confronted by the unwelcomed arrival of her mother. The drama stars Esra Bezen Bilgin, Nihal Koldaş, Fatma Kısa and Semih Aydın.[1]
Tüzen's debut feature premiered at the 72nd Venice International Film Festival in the International Film Critics' Week section in September, 2015.[2]
Nesrin is an urban, upper–middle-class woman recovering from a divorce. She's quit her office job, abandoned her house in Istanbul, and come to the village house of her deceased grandmother to finish a novel and live out her childhood dream of being a writer. When her conservative and increasingly unhinged mother turns up uninvited and refuses to leave, Nesrin's writing stalls and her fantasies of village life turn bitter as the two are forced to confront the darker corners of each other's inner worlds. https://cineuropa.org/en/film/296107/#cm
| Awards | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Award | Category | Recipients and nominees | Result | ||
| Venice Film Festival[3] | 23 July 2015 | Lion of the Future | Senem Tüzen | ||
| Warsaw International Film Festival[4] | 19 October 2015 | FIPRESCI Award | Senem Tüzen | ||
| Warsaw International Film Festival | 19 October 2015 | NETPAC Award (Best Asian Film) | Senem Tüzen | ||
| Tbilisi Film Festival[5] | 10 December 2015 | Golden Prometheus (Best Film) | Senem Tüzen | ||
| Asia Pacific Screen Awards[6] | 26 November 2015 | Best Screenplay | Senem Tüzen | ||
| Asia Pacific Screen Awards[7] | 5 October 2015 | UNESCO Award | Senem Tüzen | ||
| International Adana Film Festival[8] | 20 September 2015 | SIYAD Best Film (Turkish Film Critics) | Senem Tüzen | ||
| 20 September 2015 | Best Screenplay | Senem Tüzen | |||
| 20 September 2015 | Best Lead Actress | Nihal Koldaş | |||
| 20 September 2015 | Best Cinematography | Vedat Özdemir | |||
| 20 September 2015 | FİLM-YÖN Best Director | Senem Tüzen | |||
| Reykjavik International Film Festival[9] | 12 September 2015 | Golden Puffin Award | Senem Tüzen | ||
| Gothenburg Film Festival[10] | 12 January 2016 | The Ingmar Bergman International Debut Award | Senem Tüzen | ||