Short film

The Land

1999 · 28 min

A quiet, sorrowful watch that lingers on an old man's stubborn stand against erasure, heavy with loss and quiet defiance.

Directed by: Kazım Öz
Genres: Drama, War
Starring: Hikmet Daragöz, Yildiz Gultekin, Murat Batgi

Overview: Revolving around an old man who refuses to leave his otherwise evacuated village in Kurdish Turkey, "Ax (The Land)" is a twenty-seven-minute long short film about the forced deportations of Kurdish villages by the Turkish military.

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Directed by: Kazım Öz
Genres: Drama, War
Starring: Hikmet Daragöz, Yildiz Gultekin, Murat Batgi

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Tone: melancholicstrength 3 of 3
bleakstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 1 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: isolation
survival
identity
power
grief
Places: countryside
small town
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: None
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex none

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Action	2
Horror	2
Humour	1
Realism	8
Romance	1
Tension	6
Darkness	7
Complexity	6
Emotional weight	8

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Genres: drama, war
Directed by: Kazım Öz
Written by: Özkan Küçük, Newroz Baz, Kazım Öz, Zulfiye Dolu
Starring: Hikmet Daragöz, Yildiz Gultekin, Murat Batgi, Muhlis Asan, Ali Koroglu, Hikmet Toktas
Runtime: 28 min
Country: Turkey
Languages: Kurdish, Turkish

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