About Dry Grasses
The mission of the Centre d'art et essai de la Cinémathèque québécoise (CAECQ) is to primary program Quebec-made documentaries and independent fiction, as well as international documentaries, animated and foreign films, while encouraging opportunities for meetings between the public and the artists. Its programming is presented in conjunction with the Cinémathèque québécoise’s under the label New releases.
Best Actress Award for Merve Dizdar, 2023 Cannes Film Festival
Samet, a young art teacher, is finishing his fourth year of compulsory service in a remote village in Anatolia. After a turn of events he can hardly make sense of, he loses his hopes of escaping the grim life he seems to be stuck in. Will his encounter with Nuray, herself a teacher, help him overcome his angst?
Nuri Bilge Ceylan
Nuri Bilge Ceylan is a Turkish filmmaker and photographer. He developed a strong interest in photography, visual arts and classical music during his stay at the Bosphorus University. There, he also reinforced his love of cinema, born years earlier in the darkened halls of the Istanbul Cinematheque. At the end of 1993, he shoots his first film, Koza, which became the first Turkish short film selected for the Cannes Film Festival in 1995. He takes care of several technical jobs himself on his first three feature films (image, sound design, editing, writing, directing, producing). With Uzak (2003), he won the Grand Prix and the Best Actor Award for the two leads at Cannes in 2003, making Ceylan an internationally recognized director. Tthe film then became the most awarded film in the history of Turkish cinema. His next films all won awards at Cannes and he won the Palme d’Or for Winter Sleep (2014), his seventh feature film.
Bio : Sphère Films
Photo : Nuri Bilge Ceylan