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Hear the Yellow

Forum 2026
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Leyla is her confidante and companion. With her reddish-white fur and calm, supple gestures, the cat fits perfectly to Suna, who is on her way to her nephew’s wedding and driving her rental car through the breathtaking landscape of her Anatolian homeland. All the way to the edge of the deep crater lake where something tragic once occurred. Her sister died, leaving only her shoe behind. It becomes Suna’s mission, or even obsession, to illuminate the dark recesses of the past. She spends her days in the village looking for the cat and for people who will speak openly with her – which turns out to be difficult, as her brother, sister-in-law and most of the other village inhabitants have thrown a cloak of silence over everything, not just her sister’s death. Her nephew – unsure about rural traditions and inheriting the buffalo herd – and young saz player Fidan become her kindred spirits. Tapping into the power, determination and stylistic grandeur of her protagonist in cinematic terms, Banu Sıvacı creates a veritable shimmer between souls with the titular synaesthesia of her second feature. Turkish women power at its finest.
by Banu Sıvacı (Director, Screenplay)
with Selva Erdener, Suleyman Kadim Kabaali, Asena Hotamış, Kerem Ozdogan, Okan Selvi, Doğukan Töngel, Dilşah Demir, Kerem Özdoğan, Feridun Koç Turkey 2026 Turkish 105' Colour World premiere

With

  • Selva Erdener
  • Suleyman Kadim Kabaali
  • Asena Hotamış
  • Kerem Ozdogan
  • Okan Selvi
  • Doğukan Töngel
  • Dilşah Demir
  • Kerem Özdoğan
  • Feridun Koç

Crew

Director Banu Sıvacı
Screenplay Banu Sıvacı
Cinematography Yusuf Aslanyürek
Editing ismet Araç
Music Canset Özge Can
Sound Design Can Ülgencioğlu
Production Design Reyhan Acar
Costumes Merve Igus
Make-Up Eminenur Kaygısız
Casting Heran Akkaynak
Producers Yusuf Aslanyürek, Banu Sıvacı, Orkun Huylu

Produced by

Aslanyurek Film Productions

Istanbul, Turkey

Anagraf Film

Istanbul, Turkey

Anfilm

Istanbul, Turkey

Photos

Banu Sıvacı

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Banu Sıvacı was born in Adana in 1987. After graduating from the Department of Painting, she worked as an assistant director on feature films. Güvercin (2018), her first feature film as a director, had its world premiere in the Generation section of the 68th Berlin Film Festival and was nominated for Best First Film by the GWFF. Güvercin won five awards including Best Film and Best Screenplay at the 33rd Valencia Film Festival, Best Director at the 22nd Sofia Film Festival, and Best Youth Film at the 2018 APSA Awards.

Filmography

2018 Güvercin (The Pigeon); Berlinale Generation 14plus 2018 2026 Hear the Yellow

Bio- & filmography as of Berlinale 2026