Director & Editor: Tunç Erenkuş

“Your Son, Erdal” received the Special Jury Prize in the Documentary category at the 48th Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival.

Director: Murat Bayramoğlu, Tunç Erenkuş
Editing: Tunç Erenkuş, Murat Bayramoğlu

Your Son, Erdal

“Your Son, Erdal” is a documentary film that tells the life story of high school student Erdal Eren, who was executed by the military junta following the 1980 coup d’état in Turkey. The film explores his life in the context of the political and social turmoil of the era.

Directed by Tunç Erenkuş and produced by the Social Research Foundation (SAV), the film features interviews conducted by Tevfik Taş and music composed by Ayşe Tütüncü. It was completed in 2010.

In addition to Erdal Eren’s trial and execution, the documentary also portrays:

  • Sinan Suner, a university student shot dead by a police officer,

  • Zekeriya Önge, a soldier allegedly shot with Eren’s pistol during a protest,

  • And Ercan Koca, who died under torture after being detained for hanging a banner protesting Eren’s execution..

KAVAR

Kavar is the shared name of a cluster of villages that meet our eyes at the first bend of the road where we see the Van Lake for the first time while driving from Tatvan.

Kavar is the shared name of a cluster of villages that meet our eyes at the first bend of the road where we see the Van Lake for the first time while driving from Tatvan. When the peasants of Kavar were finally able to return to their villages after having had to flee in the 1990s, they had to build their lives from scratch. But life today, as it has been before, is far from being generous to the people (of Kavar). A peasant trying to protect his corn field from the attack of the wild boars, a young beekeeper trying to stand on her own as an independent woman despite her oppressive family, a father’s journey to Kobane (Syria) to find his young daughter who has joined the fight to defend Kurdish cities from ISIS… This is the name of the land where heavy price is paid to have an ordinary life… This is a documentary about land and the struggle to have roots…