Emre Kayiş
Writing
Biography
Emre Kayiş graduated from The London Film School with a MA in Filmmaking with distinction at 2014. His graduation film ‘The Translator’ premiered at Sarajevo Film Festival and became an instant hit, scooping the EFA award and nominated for the 28th European Film Awards. ‘The Translator’ was screened more then 100 film festivals around the globe including Palm Springs, Premier Plans D’Angers, Hamptons, and by the end of the year the film picked up 16 awards. Currently Emre is working on his first feature ‘Anatolian Leopard’. Set in contemporary Turkey, the film portraits the emotional world of people who were squished under the spirit of the time, who have lost, similar to the sad story of this nearly extinct animal which is indigenous to Anatolia. In 2015 Emre was invited to join European Film Academy. Apart from working on his projects, Emre is also directing commercials.
Known For
When close-to-retirement homicide detective Settar Öztürk is assigned a final case with his case partner Kemal McAllister, they discover a series of ruthless and operose murders. They soon discover they are dealing with a serial killer whose motives are connected with Islamic heresy and sufism. As the case disentangles, the detectives find out solving the case is not their only role in this picture.
Aleph
At Turkey’s oldest zoo, a lonely manager and a neglected female officer form an unlikely bond: as they hide the death of the zoo’s oldest inhabitant, an Anatolian leopard, in order to stop the privatization process and fake its escape, they set in motion an absurd charade that spins out of control. In Turkey’s grey and quiet capital, the ghost of the leopard persists.
Anatolian Leopard
Yusuf, a shy, sensitive Syrian refugee boy who lives in an exile at a remote Turkish border town, has to experience his newfound power, at the cost of his innocence.