SİBEL

SİBEL, 2018
Turkey, Germany, France, Luxembourg | DCP, Color, 95’ | Turkish
Director: Çağla Zencirci, Guillaume Giovanetti
Cast: Damla Sönmez, Erkan Kolçak Köstendil, Emin Gürsoy

Sibel won numerous awards at various festivals ranging from Adana and the National Competition to Locarno where it had its world premiere. The film shows us the story of a mute woman who communicates using a whistled language and lives with her father and sister in a mountain village in the Black Sea region. Her story takes a turn when she helps a fugitive she encounters in the forest. While treating of the voice and silence of women in traditional societies, the film poeticizes its subject through fairytale elements. Throughout the film, the camera follows Damla Sönmez, who is particularly notable for her physical performance, and fixes the audience’s attention on Sibel.