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THE CRIMINALS

(LES CRIMINELS)

Year 2021
Runtime 24 mins
Language Turkish
Alberta Premiere
Availability
  • Online & In-Cinema

This short film is included in the following package(s): SHORTS: MIDNIGHT RAVERS


Late at night in a small Turkish town, a young couple tries to find a hotel room to spend the night together, but they are rejected from all hotels for not having a marriage certificate. Once they believe they’ve found a way around this, the situation gets out of hand.

A festival darling that has played at over 20 fests this year alone, including Sundance & SXSW, this film has been winning many awards along the way. THE CRIMINALS is an eerie thriller that builds a horror concept around restrictive societies.

Countries

Turkey
Awards
Sundance 2021 - Special Jury Award for Screenwriting, Palm Springs Shortfest 2021 - Best Live-Action Short Over 15 Minutes Award
Festivals
Sundance 2021, SXSW 2021, Palm Springs Shortfest 2021, Vienna Shorts Festival 2021
Director
Serhat Karaaslan
Producer
Laure Dahout
Screenwriter
Serhat Karaaslan
Cinematographer
Tudor Mircea
Editor
Nathan Delannoy
Music
Charli Circus
Cast
Deniz Altan, Lorin Merhart, Erdem Senocak, Ercan Kesal