Private Project

The Guillotine

Even in a world where disgracing poems and heartbreaking are considered as criminal offenses, people keep doing these, and get punished. "Guillotine" is the story of broken hearts, disgraced poems, floods of tears, and "a game which has lost its taste" in court houses and execution rooms.

  • Ferdi Şah
    Director
    Basit 2011, Ezeli Sırların Ebedi Sesleri 2015.
  • Ferdi Şah
    Writer
    Basit 2011, Ezeli Sırların Ebedi Sesleri 2015.
  • Ferdi Şah
    Producer
  • Rota Films / Rıza Bataklar
    Producer
  • Muhammet Çelik
    Key Cast
    "Celaleddin"
  • Nur Rümeysa Yonca
    Key Cast
    "Figen"
  • Abdullah Metin
    Key Cast
    "Abdullah"
  • Emin Uğuz
    Key Cast
    "Emin"
  • Nazmiye Gül
    Key Cast
    "Güneş"
  • İbrahim Karaca
    Key Cast
    "İbrahim"
  • Mustafa Eser
    Key Cast
    "Eser"
  • Alaattin Bozkurt
    Key Cast
    "Alaattin"
  • Ferdi Şah
    Key Cast
    "Yunus"
  • Project Type:
    Experimental, Short, Other
  • Genres:
    Drama, Fantastic, Crime
  • Runtime:
    17 minutes
  • Completion Date:
    January 23, 2019
  • Production Budget:
    3,000 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    Turkey
  • Country of Filming:
    Turkey
  • Language:
    Turkish
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Film Color:
    Black & White and Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
Director Biography - Ferdi Şah

Ferdi Şah was born in Karaman in 1986. After studying Mechanics, Radio and Television Programming, and International Relations in various universities, he received his Masters degree in Cinema from Selçuk University. Currently, he is involved in several personal and institutional projects related to video, script writing, and fiction film.

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Director Statement

Guillotine is a short film based on an idea that has been with me for a very long while, and was shaped over time slowly. After finishing the script, we had a very meticulous, but at the same time very exciting, four months getting ready for the shooting. In that time, we paid great attention to every detail in script reading, casting, rehearsals, selection of locations and the costumes. In retrospect, I am very happy to have this film out as the tangible output of our collective efforts.