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ARARAT
    A film by
 ENGIN KUNDAG

ZEITGEIST FILMPRODUKTION and EKF
                                                                                             present

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Filmpresse Meuser - Schaffrath Schütz GbR                                             A film by
Carola Schaffrath, Ederstr. 10, 60486 Frankfurt a. M., Germany
info@filmpresse-meuser.de 0049 (0) 69 4058040 www.filmpresse-meuser.de             ENGIN KUNDAG
DIRECTOR
Engin Kundag
Fasanenstraße 74, 10719 Berlin
enginkundag@gmail.com 0049 (0) 1522 4022888
                                                                            GERMANY • 1H35 • Colour • Format 1,66:1
PRODUCTION
Zeitgeist Filmproduktion GmbH & Co. KG
Markus Kaatsch, Kaiserdamm 13, 14057 Berlin, Germany
m.kaatsch@zeitgeist-film.de 0049 (0) 176 629 65 299 www.zeitgeist-film.de

A village close to a dormant volcano, the Mount Ararat.

A destructive young woman, Zeynep, is accused of intentionally causing a car accident to harm her boyfriend.
                    She flees from Berlin to her parents’ house in the Turkish province.

With her sexual aggression she turns her parents‘ deadlocked marriage and
an entire society upside down - but not the dormant demons from her past.

CAST

MERVE AKSOY (Zeynep)

Filmography (selective filmography)

2023 - Ararat by Engin Kundag
2021 - Das weiße Schweigen by Esther Gronenborn
2019 - Nur eine Frau by Sherry Hormann

RASIM JAFAROV (Hasan)

Filmography (selective filmography)

2023 - Ararat by Engin Kundag
2021 - The Breath by Elmar Bayramov
2020 - The Fisherman‘s Daughter by Ismail Safarali
2016 - Shanghai, Baku by Teymur Hajiyev
2016 - Ali and Nini by Asif Kapadia
2014 - Yara: The Wound by Teymur Hajiyev
2014 - Torn by Engin Kundag

FUNDA ROSENLAND (Fatma)

Filmography (selective filmography)

2023 - Ararat by Engin Kundag
2022 - Tatort - Das Opfer by Stefan Schaller
2017 - Das deutsche Kind by Umut Dag

AZIZ CAPKURT (Ali)

Filmography (selective filmography)

2023 - Ararat by Engin Kundag
2022 - Kacis by Yagiz Alp Akaydin
2022 - Strafe - nach Ferdinan von Schirach by diverse
2021 - Undercover by Joel Vanhoebrouck
2020 - Infiltration by Jamie Payne
2020 - Stille Post by Florian Hofmann
2019 - Catherine The Great by Philip Martin
2019 - 4 Blocks by Özgür Yildirim
2019 - Hindafing by Boris Kunz
2017 - Das Milan-Protokoll by Peter Ott
2017 - Green by Suzanne Andrews Correa
2017 - Zagros by Sahim Omar Khalifa
2016 - Black Crow by Tayfur Aydin
2015 - Blach Horse Memories by Shahram Alidi
2014 - Song Of My Mother by Erol Mintas
2013 - Fall From Heaven by Ferit Karahan

ENGIN KUNDAG

Born in 1984
High school diploma in Indianapolis, studied philosophy and psychology
Studied screenwriting and directing at the ifs internationale filmschule köln, graduated 2012

Filmography (selective filmography)

2023 - Ararat (cinema, debut) - director, screenplay, producer
73th Berlinale „Perspective German Cinema“

2017 - Hunt (cinema, short) - director, screenplay, producer
nominated for the „German Shortfilm Award“, 17th German-French short film festival by ARTE,
29th Filmfest Dresden (National Competition, Germany)

2014 - Torn (cinema, short) - director, screenplay
Cannes 2014 - Quinzaine des Réalisateurs, 36th Moscow Film Festival, 67th Festival Del Film Lo-
carno, 48th Hof International Film Festival, International Documentary & Short Film Festival-Do-
kufest, 25th Festival Internacional de Curtas-Metragens de Sao Paulo, Ljubjana International Short
Film Festival, 61st International Short Film Oberhausen (selection) - FBW (German film and media
review): SEAL OF APPROVAL: ‚HIGHLY RECOMMENDED‘

2012 - Ararat (cinema, short) - director, screenplay, producer
62rd Berlinale „Perspective German Cinema“, MoMA New Directors - New Films New York, 25th
Filmfest Dresden, Palm Springs International Shortfest, 16th Shanghai International Film Festival,
Clermont Ferrand, 36th Norwegian Short Film Festival and more than 60 other festivals

CREW, FILM
Written and directed by        Engin Kundag                      Finishing Month 02/2023   director‘s first feature film
Producer                       Markus Kaatsch, Engin Kundag      Production Country        Germany
Editor TV Saarl. Rundfunk      Christian Bauer                   Country of Filming        Germany, Turkey
Editor TV ARTE                 Barbara Häbe                      Genre                     Drama
Junior Producer                Margarita Amineva
Casting                        Engin & Ava Kundag                Shooting Days             35
                                                                 Shooting Location         Turkey (Igdir)
Director of Photography        Mykołaj Syguda                    Running time              95:00 min
Art Direction / Prod. Design   Nadide Argun Van Uden             Shooting Format           3,2K
Costume Design                 Ava Kundag                        Screening Format          2K, DCP, ProRes4444, H264, mp4
Make Up                        Elif Kayran                       Sound                     5.1, 2.0
Sound                          Samet Yilmaz                      Aspect Ratio              1,66:1
                                                                 Colour or BW              Colour
Editor                         Evelyn Rack, Engin Kundag         Content Rating            18 and older / FSK TBA
Sound Design                   Leandros Ntounis                  Language / Subtitles      German, Turkish / English
Sound Mix                      Kostas Varympopiotis

Production                     Zeitgeist Filmproduktion GmbH &
                               Co. KG, EKF
Co-Production                  Saarländischer Rundfunk / ARTE
Financed by                    BKM - Die Beauftragte der
                               Bundesregierung für Kultur und
                               Medien