Selection : Feature films 2019

Muhammed Ali

Umit Köreken / Nursen Çetin Köreken

2019
Turkey / Germany
1h19
Documentary
Col.
Turkish and Sign Language

Muhammed Ali is a deaf and walking disabled boy. His biggest dream is to be able to walk one day but the intended surgery turns out to be risky and his doctor suggests learning how to swim to improve his condition. Muhammed Ali now has a new dream in life: becoming a swimming champion.

 

Ümit Köreken has written radio and theatre plays as well as short stories before studying filmmaking in 2011. In 2015, he directed his first feature Blue Bicycle, written together with Nursen Çetin Köreken, also co-producer of the film and shown in the Generation section of the Berlinale.

Cast
Muhammed Ali Çimen, Ümmü Akman, Cenk Utkuoğlu
Screenplay
Ümit Koreken, Nursen Çetin Köreken
Photography
Muratcan Memiş
Sound
Cafer Ozan Türkyılmaz, Ümit Köreken
Music
Cafer Ozan Türkyılmaz
Art direction
Ümit Köreken
Editing
Doruk Kaya
Production
Drama Yapım Film Medya

CONTACT : 
Drama Yapım Film Medya, Nursen Çetin Köreken
nursencetin@gmail.com 

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