The Watchman

  • 26'
  • Italy
  • 2024

Sergeant Bulut spends his nights in a watchtower waiting for an enemy that doesn’t arrive, until suddenly strange lights appear on the horizon. Ali Cherri creates a universe in which a suspended and void time opens the door to ghostly presences from a past made of war. Shot with an extreme and detailed precision of vision and sound, The Watchman is an urgent film that deconstructs the myth of duty, laying bare the absurdity of the omnipresent war rhetoric. 

– Rebecca De Pas

Director
Ali Cherri
Premiere
World premiere
Countries of production
Italy, France
Year
2024
Festival Edition
IFFR 2024
Length
26'
Medium
DCP
Original title
Nöbetçi
Language
Turkish
Producers
Leonardo Bigazzi, Alessandro Rabottini, Janja Kralj
Production Companies
Fondazione In Between Art Film, KinoElektron, The Vega Foundation, Galerie Imane Fares
Sales
KinoElektron
Screenplay
Ali Cherri
Cinematography
Bassem Fayad
Editor
Denis Bedlow
Sound Design
Simon Apostolou, Stavros Terlikkas
Music
Cynthia Zaven
Cast
Halil Ersev Gökçek
Director
Ali Cherri
Premiere
World premiere
Countries of production
Italy, France
Year
2024
Festival Edition
IFFR 2024
Length
26'
Medium
DCP
Original title
Nöbetçi
Language
Turkish
Producers
Leonardo Bigazzi, Alessandro Rabottini, Janja Kralj
Production Companies
Fondazione In Between Art Film, KinoElektron, The Vega Foundation, Galerie Imane Fares
Sales
KinoElektron
Screenplay
Ali Cherri
Cinematography
Bassem Fayad
Editor
Denis Bedlow
Sound Design
Simon Apostolou, Stavros Terlikkas
Music
Cynthia Zaven
Cast
Halil Ersev Gökçek