Waiting for the Clouds

Turkish; English Subtitles

*With the participation of the film crew

Director/Director

Yesim Ustaoglu

Screenplay/Screenplay

Georgios Andreadis, Petros Markaris, Yeşim Ustaoğlu

Director of Photography/Cinematography

Jacek Petrycki

Editing/Editing

Nicolas Gaster, Timo Linnasalo

Cast/Cast

Rüçhan Çalışkur, Rıdvan Yağcı, İsmail Baysan, Dimitris Kaberidis, Feride Karaman

Producer/Producer
Setareh Farsi, Behrooz Hashemian

Production/Production

Silkroad Production, Flying Moon Filmproduktion

World Rights/World Sales
Celluloid Dreams

Synopsis:

Waiting for the Clouds tells the story of one of the Pontic people who continue to live in the Black Sea highlands, hiding their ethnic identity. Director Yeşim Ustaoğlu's film, inspired by Yorgos Andreadis' novel Tamama: The Lost Daughter of Pontus, which won the Abdi İpekçi Peace and Friendship Prize, delicately explores the concepts of identity, belonging, family and the bonds of love. Set in 1975, Waiting for the Clouds focuses on the reunion of Eleni and Niko after fifty years of separation, who lost their families during their exile from Pontus at the end of World War I and were adopted. The film is a tribute to the resilience of Black Sea women, symbolized by the mountains, as it brings the pain, fear, loss, suppressed longings and inner reckoning of individuals who are victims of wars and major political changes out of the clouds and makes them clear. Ayşe / Eleni comes to life with the unique performance of Rüçhan Çalışkur, the festival's Cinema Honorary Award winner.

Waiting for the Clouds tells the story of one of the Pontic people who continue to live on the Black Sea plateaus while concealing their ethnic identity. Director Yeşim Ustaoğlu, inspired by Yorgos Andreadis' Abdi İpekçi Peace and Friendship Award-winning novel Tamama: The Lost Daughter of Pontus, delicately explores concepts of identity, belonging, family, and the bonds of love. Set in 1975, Waiting for the Clouds focuses on the reunion of Eleni and Niko after 50 years of separation. They lost their families during the exile from Pontus at the end of World War I and were adopted... By revealing the pain, fear, and loss, as well as the repressed sorrows and internal struggles experienced by individuals victimized by wars and major political upheavals, the film also pays tribute to the resilience of Black Sea women, symbolized by the mountains. Ayşe / Eleni is brought to life by a unique performance by Rüçhan Çalışkur, winner of the festival's Cinema Honorary Award.