YOUNG WRESTLERS
synopsis
Living, learning, suffering for their passion: the 26 boys living at the sports academy in the Turkish province of Amasya will endure a lot to realise their wrestling dream. This documentary’s observational camera remains unobtrusive while still allowing us to experience an everyday life at close range - somewhere between camaraderie and competition.
| international title: | Young Wrestlers |
| original title: | Genç Pehlivanlar |
| country: | Turkey, Netherlands |
| sales agent: | Reservoir Docs |
| year: | 2016 |
| genre: | fiction |
| directed by: | Mete Gümürhan |
| film run: | 90' |
| screenplay: | Mete Gümürhan, Willem Baptist, Aslihan Ünaldi |
| cast: | Muhammed Ceylan, Beytullah Onur, Harun Kiliç, Baran Kendirlioglu |
| cinematography by: | André Jäger |
| film editing: | Ali Aga, Inèz Poortinga |
| music: | Barlas Tan Özemek |
| producer: | Aydin Dehzad |
| production: | Kaliber Film, Kaliber Film [TR], Film Alti [TR] |
| backing: | Turkish Culture and Tourism Ministry’s General Directorate of Cinema, Netherlands Film Fund |





















