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Film

Anadolu leopari

Emre Kayis, Turkey, 2021

113 min.Feature

At Turkey’s oldest zoo, a lonely manager and a withdrawn female officer form an unlikely bond: as they hide the death of the zoo’s oldest inhabitant, an Anatolian leopard, in order to stop the privatization process and fake its escape, they set in motion an absurd charade that spins out of control. In Turkey’s grey and quiet capital, the ghost of the leopard persists.
Basic information Credits
Original title Anadolu leopari
Danish title Anatolian Leopard
Director Emre Kayis
Screenplay Emre Kayis
Producer Olena Yershova
Director of Photography Nick Cooke
Editor Ricardo Saraiva, Olivia Neergaard-Holm
Sound Tobias Adam
Production designer Billur Turan
Casting Nimet Atasoy
Appearance Ugur Polat, Ipek Türktan Kaynak, Tansu Bicer, Ege Aydan
Production country Turkey, Denmark, Germany, Poland
Domestic distribution Øst for Paradis
Danish theatrical release 18.08.2022
Danish rating Allowed for children over the age of 15
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Companies

Production company Tatofilm, MRK Film
Co-production Adomeit Film ApS, Asteros Film, Donten & Lacroix Films, Elemag Pictures
In collaboration with T.C. Kültür ve Turizm Bakanligi Sinema Genel Müdürlügü, Mitteldeutsche Medienförderung, Det Danske Filminstitut, Polish Film Institute, BluTV
Domestic distribution Øst for Paradis

Direction

Direction Emre Kayis
Casting Nimet Atasoy
1st assistant director Gamze Ögüt
2nd assistant director Erdem Oflaz
3rd assistant director Sinem Kanat

Script

Screenplay Emre Kayis
Script consultant Anne Gensior
Comments Anton Pavlovich Chekhov
Comments Geoffrey Chaucer
Comments Makalî Mustafa Bey
Script: translation Celine Pierre Magnani
Script: translation Yasemin Akbas
Script: translation Baris Tanyeri

Production

Producer Olena Yershova
Co-producer Kanat Dogramaci
Co-producer Maria Blicharska
Co-producer Tanja Georgieva-Waldhauer
Co-producer Jon Hammer
Co-producer Emre Kayis
Co-producer Monika Sajko-Gradowska
Co-producer Michael Kaczmarek
Co-producer Shehan Andrew W. Bandara
Associate producer Büke Aksehirli
Line producer Utku Zeka
Location manager Akif Keskin
Production assistant Murat Üstün
Production assistant Kateryna Iashchyshyna
Production assistant Hakki Serkan Çapa
Production assistant Ozan Kaya
Runner Onurcan Yilmaz

Cinematography

Cinematographer Nick Cooke
First assistant camera Ivan Molina Carmona
Camera assistant Benjamin Ingvorsen
DIT Müge Alper
Key grip Mustafa Sahin
Best boy grip Kemal Sahin
Best boy grip Ali Sahin

Electrical dept.

Gaffer Engin Altintas
Best Boy Mehmet Ugus
Electrician assistant Murat Akkaya

Editing

Editor Ricardo Saraiva
Editor Olivia Neergaard-Holm

Production design

Production designer Billur Turan
Costume Designer Öykü Ersoy
Art director Ceyda Yüceer
Set designer Batuhan Bugra Özbulut
Art Department Assistant Selen Terzi
Costume Assistant Cansu Palanci

Sound

Sound mixer Tobias Adam
Managing Director Michael Kaczmarek
Managing Director Jorg Theil
Sound designer Tobias Adam
Foley artist Maxi Pongratz
Foley editor Andreas Vorwerk
Dialogue editor Andreas Vorwerk
Re-recording mixer Michael Kaczmarek
Re-recording mixer Tobias Adam

Visual effects

VFX coordinator Shehan Andrew W. Bandara
VFX supervisor Johannus E. Johansen
Lead compositing Johannus E. Johansen
Lead animator Hans Kristian Eydunsson Hansen
Compositing Ester Justinussen
Postproduction Supervisor Aksel Leth
Colourist Sandra Klass
Assistant colorgrader Annika Krag

Appearance

Fikret Ugur Polat
Gamze Ipek Türktan Kaynak
Prosecutor Tansu Bicer
Nevzat Ege Aydan
Police Chief Nuri Gökasan
Mayor Osman Alkas
Ibrahim Seyithan Özdemir
Orhan Koray Ergün
Nedim Kubilay Tunçer
Tezer Hatice Aslan
Isa Feridun Koç
Leyla Ezgi Gör
Mehmet Mehmet Ulusoy
Süleyman Okan Selvi
Riza Sencar Sagdiç
Selma Yonca Sahinbas
Municipality Officer Onur Berk Arslanoglu
Police Officer Emrah Özdemir
Neset Kadir Tan
Selim Cem Emüler
Fatin Fatin Kanat
Sheikh Muhammed Isa
Kemal Tanju Coskun
Ataberk Poyraz Cennetkusu
Technicians Muttalip Müjdeci
Police Officer Emrah Metin
Police Officer Basar Öztürk
Office Worker Çelik Ilknur
Office Worker Simge Çagiran
Caretaker Ali Türk
Caretaker Mehmet Bozdogan
Old Woman Filiz Aydogan
Tv News Reporter Selen Erkal
Tv News Reporter Elif Ürse
Tv News Guest Cafer Sahin
The bartender Uraz Ulas Görmen

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