Honey (2010 film)

Honey Turkish Bal is a 2010 Turkish drama film directed by Semih Kaplanolu, the third and final installment of the Yusuf Trilogy, which includes Egg and Milk. It premiered on 16February 2010 in competition at the 60th Berlin International Film Festival, where it became the third Turkish film, after Susuz Yaz in 1964 and HeadOn in 2004, to win the Golden Bear award. The film, which went on general release across Turkey onApril 2010, was selected as Turkeys official candidate for the Best Foreign Film Oscar at the 83rd Academy Awards but it did not make the final shortlist.

Honey is the last installment of Kaplanolus autobiographical Yusuf Trilogy, named after the central character, preceded by Egg Yumurta, 2007 and Milk St, 2008. Egg was screened at Cannes, Milk at Venice. The trilogy runs in reverse chronological order, and Honey explores Yusufs early childhood.The film was shot in amlhemin district in Rize Province in northeastern Turkey, and was jointly produced by Turkeys Kaplan Film Production and Germanys Heimatfilm, and shot in the mountains of Turkey. The scriptwriting was supported by a 25,000 Turkish lira grant approx. 12,000 or 16,500 from Script Development Fund of the Antalya Eurasia Film Festival, while the production was supported by funding from the Council of Europe Eurimages fund, the North Rhine Westphalia Film Foundation and the television stations ZDF and Arte. ........

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