Seattle Turkish Film Festival: Salvation
November 8, 2026
Winner of the Silver Berlin Bear Grand Jury Prize (Berlin International Film Festival). In a remote village high in the Turkish mountains, the return of an exiled clan reignites a decades-old land dispute.
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Sunday, November 8, 2026
High in the mountains of Eastern Turkey, two neighboring Kurdish villages face one another: Upper Pingan on a mountain peak and Lower Pingan on the plateau below. Years ago, the Bezari clan was forcibly displaced while their rivals, the Hazerans, became village guards and remained in Upper Pingan. Over the years, the Hazerans grew wealthy by cultivating the fields left behind by the Bezaris in Lower Pingan. As the armed conflict in the region subsides, the Bezaris return to reclaim their territory. While Sheikh Ferit, the leader of Hazerans, calls for peaceful coexistence, even at the cost of conceding the land, his older brother Mesut takes a far more confrontational stance. Ferit's position fuels growing resentment among his people, who fear for their land and their future. Haunted by unsettling dreams he interprets as divine warnings, Mesut openly challenges his brother's leadership. Caught between the fear of losing all they possess and long-suppressed rage, Hazerans stand at a crossroads: will they be dragged toward tragedy, or will they finally attain salvation?`
Written and directed by Emin Alper, filmmaker of Burning Days which showed at STFF 2022.
- Director: Emin Alper
- Principal Cast: Caner Cindoruk, Erdal Acil, Naz Göktan
- Country: Turkey
- Year: 2026
- Running Time: 117 min.
- Language: Turkish, with English subtitles
- Has Subtitles: Yes