Zephyr

Zyphyr

Director: Belma Baş

Producer: Seyhan Kaya, Birol Akbaba

Screenplay: Belma Baş

Year: 2010

Director of photography: Mehmet Y. Zengin

Art director: Canan Çayır

Music: Çağrı Ayyıldız

Actors: Şeyma Uzunlar, Vahide Gördüm, Sevinç Baş, O. Rüştü Baş, Fatma Uzunlar, Harun Uzunlar, Nazlıcan Kılıç, Mustafa Can Şimşek, Oktay Kaptan, Cemile Kaptan, Niyazi Koyuncu, Enis Uğur, Tülay Kaptan, Budak Akalın, Cem Yılmaz, Kemalcan Akkoç, Gamze Şimşek, Nurcan Şimsek, Resul Koç, İlkay Kocataş, Ferda Taşpınar, Atakan Tepe, Gaye Tepe, Dila Türkmen

Production Company: Filmik Production

Color: Colorful

Country: Türkiye

Release date: 29.04.2011

Subject: The film tells the story of a girl who is determined not to be separated from her mother, whom she has always longed for: Zefir, the 11-year-old independent girl who gave her name to the film, spends her summer vacation at her grandmother and grandfather's house in the Eastern Black Sea Mountains, waiting for her mother's way. He finally reunites with her, but his mother has not come to pick up Zefir, but to say goodbye to him before leaving on a long journey. (Taken from press release)

Contents related to the movie:

Making Sense of Film through Symbols: Zefir, Uğurlu, EG, 2016.

The Pure Omnipotence of Childhood: Zefı̇r, Meryem Köse, 2011.

Awards:

30th Istanbul Film Festival (2011) "Best Screenplay" (Belma Baş)

14th Flying Broom Women's Film Festival (2011) "Best Film Award"

FIBRESCI (International Society of Film Critics) "Best Film Award"

15th Kerala (India) International Film Festival (2010) "Best First Feature"

Abu Dhabi International Film Festival (2010) “Asian Cinema Promotion Network NETPAC Award” (2010)

51st Thessaloniki International Film Festival (2010) "Artistic Achievement Award"

Source:

Özgüç, Agâh. (2012). Encyclopedic Dictionary of Turkish Movies. Istanbul: Horizon International.

Özgüç, Agâh. (2014). Dictionary of Turkish Films 1914-2014. Istanbul: Turkish Ministry of Culture and Tourism.