In the Blind Spot
Germany, Turkey / 2023 / 117 min
In German, Turkish, Kurdish and English with English subtitles
Berlin International Film Festival
4 Awards including Best Film, National Competition, Istanbul Film Festival

German-Kurdish filmmaker Ayse Polat spins a suspenseful tale about paranoia and trauma with this hard-hitting thriller. A German film crew arrives in northeastern Turkey to meet a Kurdish woman whose son was abducted over 20 years ago. The film crew finds themselves in danger when someone in their entourage goes missing and they attract the attention of the secret police. Told in a Rashomon-esque multi-perspective structure, the riveting thriller slowly peels back its multiple layers and reveals the consequences of burying intergenerational trauma in the blind spot.

DIR:
Ayşe Polat
CAST:
Katja Bürkle, Ahmet Varlı, Çağla Yurga, Aybi Era
TIME & VENUE
28/10 7:35PM PREMIERE ELEMENTS
12/11 9:30PM Broadway Cinematheque
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