WILD WOMEN OF ANATOLIA

Wild Women of Anatolia is a documentary following the daily lives of five women across regions, generations and beliefs in Turkey. From a four-generation family harvesting nuts in the Black Sea region to Asli who runs a historic coffee business in Istanbul, from Hira who gave birth in the Aegean Sea to Hatice, an Alewite/Kurdish woman in the high plains of Muş and Arya who fights for transgender rights in Ankara, we listen to five women’s stories of freedom, dreams and desire and witness their connections to their landscapes.

​ 2024 | in postproduction | 2K DCP | 25fps | Color | Stereo | Turkish, English, Zazaki with English subtitles | 88’
Cast Sude, Emel, Fatma, Hayriye, Aslı, Hatice, Zeycan, Zeytin, Hira, Arya
Writer & Director Aslı & Sedef Özoğuz
Producer Yusuf Ölmez
Editing Melike Kasaplar
Director of Photography Neslihan Siligur & Gül Bursa
Sound Recordist Ferda Akgüneş & Damla Nur Güleç
Sound Design Eren Dönmez
Colorist Hakan Palioğlu
Music Ran Livneh
FUND
American Turkish Society
Beba Innovation and Entrepreneurship Foundation