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The Translator

Reino Unido. 2015. Color. 23 min. Ficción. .
  • Film Director: Emre Kayis.
  • Cast: Sherko Ali; Gamze Kaçak.
  • Cinematography: Nick Cooke.
  • Editing: Ricardo Saraiva.
  • Sound: Raoul Brand.
  • Producer: Oytun Kal.
  • Co-production: Turkey

Yusuf is an adolescent Syrian refugee living in Turkey. His days go by in the isolation of his work in a quarry, until a girl with whom he is secretly in love, asks him for a date. But on that date Yusuf will have to play an annoying and unexpectedly difficult role.



Emre Kayis

Born in 1984 in Turkey, Emre Kayiş is an Istanbul-based director and screenwriter. He graduated from the London Film School in 2014 with his final project 'The Translator'. He aims to tell human stories that have a social relevance. Currently he is developing his first feature film entitled 'Leopard'.