The Bread Season

  • Genre: Drama
  • Run time: 92 min
  • Premiere: 2025. April 21.
  • Director: Anvar HassanpourEmeer Hassanpour
  • Writer: Anvar HassanpourEmeer Hassanpour
  • Starring: Mîrsa AktasSîdar JîrYavuz AkkuzuÖzkan Seker

“The Bread Season” takes place today in the Kurdish city of Amed (Diyarbakir), located within present day eastern Turkey. Working class life is a daily struggle that places enormous pressure on the family and familiar relationships. This film follows the experiences of one such family and its members: Mahmoud, the father; Fatma, the mother; and Azad, their son, as they survive and dream of different ways of living while stuck in the open hostility of their family relationship.

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