Beyond The Hill

Beyond The Hill (Tepenin Ardı)

2012 / 94 '/ DCP

Director: Emin Alper

Producer: Enis Köstepen, Seyfi Teoman

Screenplay: Emin Alper

Cast: Berk Hakman, Reha Özcan, Banu Fotocan, Tamer Levent

Language: Turkish

Awards: 31st İstanbul Film Festival: Best Film, Best Screenplay, FIPRESCI award; 18thSarajevo Film Festival: Special Jury Prize; Taipei Film Festival: Special Jury Prize; Karlovy Vary Film Festival: Best Asian FilmAward; 62nd Berlin Film Festival: Caligari Award, Best First Film Mention

Known for his short films Rifat and The Letter, Emin Alper’s striking debut Beyond the Hill premiered at the Berlin Film Festival. It is set in an isolated valley in rural Turkey, where a man comes to visit his father, a herdsman, accompanied by his two children. The serene summer’s day, however, is gradually disrupted by the proximity of uninvited guests from beyond the hills, who come to graze their goats on this particular piece of land. The sense of threat slowly builds up with each side’s intent is to defend its territory.