Voice of My Father

Voice of My Father (Babamın Sesi)

2011 / 85'/ DCP

Director: Orhan Eskiköy, Zeynel Dogan

Producer: Özgür Dogan

Co-Producers:Michael Eckelt (Riva Film), Dirk Decker (Riva Film), Guillaume De Seille (Arizona Films)

Screenplay: Orhan Eskikoy

Cast: Zeynel Dogan, Basê Dogan, Gülizar Dogan

Language: Turkish, Kurdish

Awards: 31st İstanbul Film Festival: Best Screenplay

Orhan Eskikoy and Zeynel Dogan return with another inspired-by a real life-story film about Zeynel Dogan’s family. Premiered at the Rotterdam Film Festival, the film chronicles the 30 year history of a Kurdish family. Voice of My Father is about a son who searches for his own voice through the cassette tapes his father sent from abroad. Through the audio archives of a family who had to migrate to Elbistan after the Maras pogroms, the film utilising a mix of documentary and fiction,portrays what had happened between 1979 and 2009.