Films
In The Blind Spot
Im Toten Winkel
A film by Ayşe Polat
Germany, 2023, 117'
Portuguese premiere | With guest - Ayse Polat (Director)
A German crew is filming a documentary in north-eastern Turkey, more precisely in a remote Kurdish village, where they witness an elderly woman performing a recurring ritual to keep the memory of her missing son alive. The German team’s Kurdish translator is also the nanny of Melek, a seven-year-old Turkish girl. Her father, Zafer, works for a sinister organisation, and is caught between loyalty and fear for his family’s well-being when his daughter seems to be pursued by a mysterious force. Three different perspectives that, when intersected, develop a destructive power. “In the Blind Spot” reveals a complex web of conspiracy, paranoia, and generational trauma. The film develops its own formal language to express the unspeakable, playing with familiar references from horror films and political thrillers.
A German crew is filming a documentary in north-eastern Turkey, more precisely in a remote Kurdish village, where they witness an elderly woman performing a recurring ritual to keep the memory of her missing son alive. The German team’s Kurdish translator is also the nanny of Melek, a seven-year-old Turkish girl. Her father, Zafer, works for a sinister organisation, and is caught between loyalty and fear for his family’s well-being when his daughter seems to be pursued by a mysterious force. Three different perspectives that, when intersected, develop a destructive power. “In the Blind Spot” reveals a complex web of conspiracy, paranoia, and generational trauma. The film develops its own formal language to express the unspeakable, playing with familiar references from horror films and political thrillers.
Credits
Director Ayşe Polat Script Ayşe Polat Producer Mehmet Aktaş, Ayşe Polat Cast Katja Bürkle, Ahmet Varlı, Çağla Yurga
Language German, English, Turkish, Kurdish Subtitles Portuguese, English Sales ArtHood Entertainment
Language German, English, Turkish, Kurdish Subtitles Portuguese, English Sales ArtHood Entertainment
Ayşe Polat
Director “In The Blind Spot”