Elbow

New Directors Competition

Elbow

Elbow

Germany, Turkey, France 2024 Fiction cor 86 min.

Hazal’s most fervent wish is to have a life. Although she has sent out numerous job applications, she hasn’t been invited to a single interview. Instead, she is stuck in a training program where she faces constant stereotyping. But on her 18th birthday, Hazal feels powerful and her friends believed they could achieve anything as long as they stuck together. On the way home, after a frustrating night, they meet an arrogant student who harasses them. The confrontation escalates and is unleashed in a fateful encounter. Hazal hastily flees to Istanbul, a completely new city in an unfamiliar country. There she must survive on her own, at any cost.

Presented at the Berlin International Film Festival.

Germany Turkey France youth maturing crime social portrait existential crisis international film festivals female directors

direction

Aslı Özarslan

screenplay

Claudia Schaefer, Aslı Özarslan

cinematography

Andac Karabeyoglu

editing

Ana Branea, David J. Achilles

sound

David Almeida-Ribeiro

sound design

Moritz Corell, Andreas Radzuweit

music

Délphine Mantoulet

production design

Katja Deutschmann

cast

Melia Kara, Jamilah Bagdach, Asya Utku, Nurgül Ayduran, Doğa Gürer, Mina Özlem Sagdic, Jale Arikan

production

Jamila Wenske

co-production

Jutta Feit, Guillaume Dreyfus, Delphine Schmit, Julia Peters, Anna-Maria Aslanlogu

produced by

Achtung Panda! Media

co-produced by

Istos Film, Tripode Productions, jip film&verleih

world sales

ArtHood Entertainment

contact

[email protected]

indicative rating

16