Reis Çelik

In his quiet, intimate film, director Reis Celik succeeds in telling the tragic story of an unusual wedding night without the strains of a musical score on the soundtrack. Winner of the Crystal Bear at the 2012 Berlinale.

Filmmaker Reis Çelik and actor Tuncel Kurtiz set out together to the town of Çildir in Ardahan province to trace the tradition of improvised storytelling of Anatolian folk poets based on the concept of intransigence.