Ercan Kesal
Ercan KESAL (1959, Turkey) is a writer, actor and filmmaker. Although he graduated from the Faculty of Medicine at Ege University, he became involved in filmmaking as an actor in Nuri Bilge Ceylan’s Uzuk (2002). In 2008 he co-wrote the screenplay for Ceylan’s Palme-d’Or-nominated Three Monkeys. He made his directorial debut with the short documentary Gone with the Hazelnuts (2018). You Know Him (2020), his first feature film, is based on his novella.
Filmography
Findiktan Sonra/Gone with the Hazelnuts (2018, short doc), You Know Him (2020)
Ercan Kesal op IFFR
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You Know Him
Ercan Kesal | 103' | Serbia | World premiere
In just one day, a political outsider is shattered by the opportunism of the electorate and the cynicism of the party leaders. -
I’m Not Him
Tayfun Pirselimoglu | 127' | France | None
Who would want to pose as someone else? When dishwasher Nihat has an affair with colleague Ayse, he discovers he looks uncannily like her husband,… -
Butterflies
Tolga Karaçelik | 117' | Turkey | European premiere
Cemal, Kenan and Suzan receive an unexpected invitation from their father whom they haven’t seen for 30 years. They travel to their village of b