Sibel

Since time immemorial, a whistled language allowing its users to communicate through whistling in a surprisingly nuanced way has been used in addition to spoken language in the Turkish mountain village of Kuşköy near the Black Sea. For 25-year-old Sibel it's the only language at her disposal, as she is mute. Her fellow villagers shun her as if she is cursed. To win them over, she decides to go search for a dangerous wolf, which particularly the women in the village are afraid of. One day, instead of the wolf, she encounters a wounded man, a deserter who is running from the police. He sees her with different eyes.

In their fourth collaboration, writer-director duo Guillaume Giovanetti and Çagla Zencirci tell a story about the position of women in Turkey, stifling traditions, and lack of compassion, blending these themes with fairy-tale elements, such as from Cinderella and Little Red Riding Hood. The magical nature plays a central role.