Samet, a young art teacher, is finishing his fourth year of compulsory service in a remote village in Anatolia. It's a tough locale that only seems to experience two seasons. Samet longs to return to a teaching post in Istanbul. However, when he is accused of sexual misconduct by a pupil, any hopes of escaping his gloomy conditions seem unlikely. Will Samet's encounter with Nuray, a female teaching colleague, help him to overcome his disillusionment?

ABOUT DRY GRASSES is the latest poetic drama by Turkish director Nuri Bilge Ceylan (THE WILD PEAR TREE CIFF '18, WINTER SLEEP CIFF '14), whose work reflects on life and the complexities of human behaviour. The film's female lead, Merve Dizdar, won Best Actress at the Cannes Film Festival 2023.