BERZAH

film type fiction Production Country Germany production year 2020 runtime 25'45 colour Color
screening format DCP aspect ratio 1.78:1 (16:9) sound format Dolby SR original-language Turkish subtitles English, German
screening format Media File (ProRes, mp4, mov) aspect ratio 1.78:1 (16:9) sound format Stereo original-language Turkish subtitles English, German

A tourist exposed to heat in an all-inclusive hotel, a family father injured in his masculinity and a packer who succumbs to a Sisyphean task while delivering a wardrobe. Three short events merge into a novel about powerlessness during a summer season at the Turkish Aegean Sea.

director Deren Ercenk Cast Altan Gördüm, Dilara Raika Er, Ferhat Keskin, Lise Wolle, Oktay Cagla, Ruhat Yildiz Szenenbild / Production Design Ewa Zielinska Editing Deren Ercenk Script Deren Ercenk DOP Paul Faltz Production Bastian Klügel, Claus Reichel, Mehmet Akif Büyükatalay Sound Design Armin Badde, Henning Hein, Tim Gorinski film school Kunsthochschule für Medien Köln (KHM)
Festivals
2020 Internationale Kurzfilmtage Oberhausen, Germany (Preis für den besten Beitrag des NRW-Wettbewerbs)
2020 KFFK/Kurzfilmfestival Köln, Germany
Awards
2020 Nominierung Deutscher Kurzfilmpreis 2020
Production
  • filmfaust GmbH
  • Claus Reichel
  • http://www.filmfaust.org
Distribution
  • Kunsthochschule für Medien Köln (KHM)
  • Ute Dilger
  • +49 221 20189 330
  • https://www.khm.de/
Sales
  • filmfaust GmbH
  • Claus Reichel
  • http://www.filmfaust.org
School
  • Kunsthochschule für Medien Köln (KHM)
  • Heumarkt 14
  • 50667 Köln
  • Germany
  • +49 221 201890
  • http://www.khm.de

Deren Ercenk

Born 1989 in Cologne;
studied at the Academy of Media Arts Cologne;
in 2018 was awarded her diploma with the episode film BERZAH

Filmography
2018 JEAN, WHAT HAPPENED?
2020 REKLAM (video installation)