CAST & CREW
CAST:
Kemal Burak ALPER, Engin YUKSEL,
Serdar SEKER, Osman EREN
Nermin KURTULUS
Producers: Nuri Cihan Ozdogan, Osman Tekin
Director: Nuri Cihan Ozdogan
Writer: Nuri Cihan Ozdogan
Director of Photography: Arda Yıldıran
Art Director: Eser Agcalı
Original Music by: Nuri Oguz Ozdogan
Assistant Directors: Ahmet Soysal, Melike Karaduran
Editors: Nuri Cihan Ozdogan, Nurselin Aktas
Production Manager: Fatih Kosar
Sound: Tarık Uzunlular, Kaan Can
Focus Puller: Gokhan Kucuk
Camera Assistant: Abdulsamet Atıcı
Behind the Scenes Photographer: Oguzhan Kuscu
Transportation: Mustafa Unaldı
Catering: Ali Tetik
TECHNICAL INFO
Production Country: Turkey
Production Date: 2017
Genre: Short, Fiction - Crime, Drama
Duration: 17' 00''
Language: Turkish
Subtitle: English
Filming Location: Adana
Color: Color
International Title: The All Seeing Blind
Aspect Ratio: 2:35:1
Shooted by: Sony A7S 2
SHORT SYNOPSIS:
The golds of Saddam, the last booty of the Iraqi war, are smuggled into Turkey by hidden in the cotton.
Blind workers are used to pick the gold from the cotton. The smugglers try to prevent any possible thefts
by telling the workers that it is rock they are picking from the cotton.
They don’t know that there’s a seeing eye among the blind workers.
AWARDS:
>> 1st Hollywood Turkish Film Festival - U.S.A October 2017
* AUDIENCE AWARD WINNER
>> 4th Usak Winged Seahorse Short Film Festival - Turkiye, December 2017
* BEST FILM AWARD WINNER
* BEST ACTOR AWARD WINNER (Kemal Burak Alper)
>> Global India International Film Festival - India, March 2018
* BEST EDITING AWARD WINNER (with Nurselin Aktas)
>> 9th Lions International Film Festival - Turkiye, April 2018
* SECOND BEST FILM AWARD WINNER
>> 8th Okan University Short Film Competition - Turkiye, April 2018
* BEST FILM AWARD WINNER
>> Redline International Film Festival - Canada, April 2018
* BEST FILM AWARD WINNER
* Best Cinematography Award Nomination (Arda Yildiran)
* Best Actor Award Nomination (Kemal Burak Alper)
>> Van Silkroad Short Film Festival - Turkiye, May 2018
* BEST FILM AWARD WINNER
>> 7th Atif Yilmaz Short Film Festival - Turkiye, May 2018
* JURY'S SPECIAL AWARD WINNER
>> Queen Palm International Film Festival - U.S.A. August 2018
* BEST WRITER HONORABLE MENTION AWARD WINNER (Nuri Cihan Ozdogan)
>> Maiden's Castle Film Festival - Turkiye, September 2018
* BEST FILM AWARD WINNER
> Watersprite Cambridge Film Festival - U.K., March 2019
* FILM OF THE YEAR AWARD WINNER
* BEST FICTION FILM AWARD WINNER
* Best Actor Award Nomination (Kemal Burak Alper)
>> Beirut International Film Festival - Lebanon, April 2019
* SECOND BEST FILM AWARD WINNER
FESTIVAL SELECTIONS:
>> Vasteras Film Festival - Sweden, September 2017 [WORLD PREMIERE]
* Official Selection
>> Alternative Film Festival - Canada, September 2017
* Best Crime Drama Film Award Nomination
* Best Actor Award Nomination (Kemal Burak Alper)
>> Montaz Film Festival - Poland, October 2017
* Best Editing Award Nomination
>> Mediterranean Film Festival - Italy, October 2017
* Best Short Film Award Nomination
>> 7th Malatya International Film Festival - Turkiye, November 2017
* Best National Short Film Award Nomination
* Best International Short Film Award Nomination
>> 18th Izmir International Short Film Festival - Turkiye, November 2017
* Panaroma Selection
>> Tirana International Film Festival - Albania, November 2017
* Festival Selection
>> 4th Antioch International Film Festival - Turkiye, November 2017
* Festival Selection
>> Cinemaway Film Festival - Ukraine, November 2017
* Festival Selection
>> Third Asia Youth Micro-Film Exhibition - China, December 2017
* Best International Short Film Award Nomination
>> Balkan Can Kino Film Screenings - Greece, December 2017
* Festival Selection
>> Eurasia International Film Festival - Russia, December 2017
* Best International Short Film Award Nomination
>> Clermont Ferrand Short Film Market - France, February 2018
* Shorts From Turkiye
>> The Short Film Show Awards - U.K. March 2018
* Best Fiction-Drama Film Award Nomination
* Best Ensemble Cast Award Nomination
>> 50th SIYAD Film Awards - Turkiye, March 2018
* Best Short Film Award Nomination
>> 23. Filmfestival Türkei Deutschland - Germany, March 2018
* Best Short Film Award Nomination
>> 6th Nepal Human Rights International Film Festival - Nepal, March 2018
* Festival Selection
>> 14th Akbank International Short Film Festival - Turkiye, March 2018
* Festival Selection
>> 16th IKFD National Short Film Competition - Turkiye, March 2018
* Best Short Film Award Nomination
>> 37th IKSV Istanbul Film Festival - Turkiye, April 2018
* Best National Short Film Award Nomination
>> 29th Ankara International Film Festival - Turkiye, April 2018
* Festival Selection
>> 13th International Employee Film Festival - Turkiye, May 2018
* Festival Selection
>> 1st Afyonkarahisar Film Festival - Turkiye, May 2018
* Best Short Film Award Nomination
>> 38th IFSAK National Short Film Competition - Turkiye, May 2018
* Best Short Film Award Nomination
>> 6th Kayseri Film Festival - Turkiye, May 2018
* Best Short Film Award Nomination
>> 10th Montreal Turkish Film Festival - Canada, May 2018
* Best Short Film Award Nomination
>> 20th International Very Short Film Festival - Turkiye, June 2018
* Best National Short Film Award Nomination
>> Cardiff Mini Film Festival - Wales, June 2018
* Best Short Film Award Nomination
>> One Shot 16th International Film Festival - Armenia, June 2018
* Best Short Film Award Nomination
>> iChill Manila Film Festival - Phillipines, July 2018
* Best Actor Award Nomination (Kemal Burak Alper)
>> 3rd Buzz Cee Buzau International Film Festival - Romania, July 2018
* Best International Short Film Award Nomination
>> Burgas International Film Festival - Bulgaria, July 2018
* Best International Short Film Award Nomination
>> Motovun Film Festival - Croatia, July 2018
* Best International Short Film Award Nomination
>> Regina International Film Festival - Canada, August 2018
* Best International Short Film Award Nomination
>> 5th Taratsa International Film Festival - Greece, August 2018
* Best International Short Film Award Nomination
>> 6th Kraljevski Filmski Festival - Serbia, August 2018
* Best International Short Film Award Nomination
>> Undo Divergent Film Awards - U.S.A. September 2018
* Best Thriller & Film Noir Award Nomination
>> Krajina Film Festival - Bosnia & Herzegoniva, September 2018
* Best International Short Film Award Nomination
>> 15th European Film Festival Integration You and Me - Poland, September 2018
* Festival Selection
>> 9th Jagran International Film Festival - India, September 2018
* Festival Selection
>> Betina Film Festival - Croatia, September 2018
* Best International Short Film Award Nomination
>> Short Cut Film Festival - Turkiye, October 2018
* Festival Selection
>> 2nd Troya International Film Festival - Turkiye, October 2018
* Festival Selection
>> Sinopale Film Festival - Turkiye, October 2018
* Festival Selection
>> Tetova International Film Festival - Macedonia, October 2018
* Best International Short Film Award Nomination
>> Sanford International Film Festival - U.S.A. October 2018
* Best Actor Nomination (Kemal Burak Alper)
>> World Film Fair, New York - U.S.A. October 2018
* Screening Selection
>> Shenando Film Festival - U.S.A. October 2018
* Festival Selection
>> Linz International Film Festival - Austria, October 2018
* Festival Selection
>> International Film Festival Al Hocemia - Morocco, October 2018
* Best International Short Film Award Nomination
>> 8th Balkans Beyond Borders Film Festival - Serbia, November 2018
* Best Short Film Award Nomination
>> 20th Eskisehir Film Festival - Turkiye, November 2018
* Screening Selection
>> Vancouver Turkish Film Festival - U.S.A., November 2018
* Festival Selection
>> Seattle Turkish Film Festival - U.S.A., November 2018
* Best Short Film Award Nomination
>> Hak-İş Short Film Festival - Turkiye, November 2018
* Best Short Film Award Nomination
>> WeAreAllOther Film Festival - Mexico, November 2018
* Best International Short Film Award Nomination
>> In Short Film Festival - Nigeria, December 2018
* Best International Short Film Award Nomination
>> Milkbusch International Short Film Festival - South Africa, March 2019
* Best International Short Film Award Nomination
>> RapidLion International Short Film Festival - South Africa, March 2019
* Best International Short Film Award Nomination
>> Short Film Collective - Turkiye, March 2019
* Official Selection
>> I.P.A.S. Independent Political/Activism Short Film Festival - Greece, April 2019
* Best International Short Film Award Nomination
