RIZA

RIZA

Rıza is a truck driver. When his truck breaks down, Rıza can’t work and his livelihood is threatened. Using every possible means, he desperately tries to drum up the money for the repairs. And this includes being prepared to commit a brutal crime.

Script & Director: Tayfun Pirselimoğlu

Cast: Rıza Akın,  Nurcan Eren, Hayati Pirselimoğlu, Muhammed Cangören, Melisa Ahmedi, Fatih Sevdi, Melih Düzenli, Gürbüz Demir, Emin Baş, Turgay Tanülkü, Mahir İpek, Engin Günay

Art Director: Natali Yeres

Music: Cengiz Onural

Director of Photography: Colin Mounier

Sound: İsmail Karadaş

Editing: Çiçek Kahraman

Light: Nezir Yücel

Producer: Tayfun Pirselimoğlu, Veysel İpek, İlknur Akanlar

Zuzi Film

Year of Production: 2007

109 minutes

Awards:

• 19.Internatonal Ankara Film Festival: Best Film, Best Director, Best Art Director
• 29. Festival International Du Cinema Mediterraneen (Montpellier): Le Prix de la Critique
• 41. SİYAD Turkish Cinema Awards: Best Art Director
Some selected festivals:

Berlin, Montreal, Sydney, Buenos Aires (Bafici), Valencia, Cophenhagen, Auckland, Wellington, Edinburgh, Haifa, Dubai, Ghent, Warsaw, Sofia