S I S T E R S   O F   L I L I T H 

Original title: LILIT'IN KIZKARDESLERI
Directed by: Emel Çelebi
Script & editing: Necati Sönmez, Emel Çelebi
Camera: Necati Sönmez, Özlem Günhan
Participants: Hatice Pınar, Semiha Başak, Nebiha Sarıçay
Music: Mircan Kaya
Consultants: Yıldız Cıbıroğlu, Tijen S. Gedik, Nadi Güler
Produced by: ZeZe Film
In collaboration with: Eurasia Art Collective (ASK)
Format: DVCAM
Duration: 41 min.
Year of production: 2008

Three women who live in harmony with nature, in nature, not succumbing to anyone with the force they draw off their labour: a shepherd who lives with her flock in the mountains; a fisher who goes out to the sea everyday although she can’t swim; and a farmer who cares for her home and buys and sells land when she has to...

They represent a productive way of life not yet disconnected from nature. This is a song of praise for the strong and productive identity of women told through the stories of three characters.

“I love human beings. But as for animals, I love them more. Just because I haven’t heard bad words or seen any ill behaviour from them. People don’t care for animals. They call them ‘animals’ without understanding them. To me they are more valuable than human beings. I talk to them, communicate with them and share my grievances. I sing folk songs and clap to them.”

--Hatice Pinar, from the film

FESTIVALS

13th International Film Festival of Kerala
Thiruvananthapuram
(Dec. 2008) >>>

11th International 1001 Documentary Film Festival, Istanbul (Nov. 2008) >>>

DocumFest International Documentary Film Festival, Timişoara, Romania (Nov. 2008) >>>

45th Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival (October 2008) >>>

5th International Bodrum Film Festival (September 2008) >>>

11th Flying Broom International Women's Film Festival, Ankara (May 2008)

27th International Istanbul Film Festival - PREMIERE

DOCUMENTS

For high-resolution stills >>>
Watch the video clip >>>

REVIEWS

“The lives of Turkish women revolutionized on the silver screen” >>>
Mireille Thornton Çolak,
http://istanbul.cafebabel.com
29.04.2008

“Sisters of Lilith, un film turco sui mestieri della terra”
(Italian) >>>
Marco Lombardi, Il Sole 24 Ore, 26.04.2008

“Turquía entra en Eiropa con su nuevo cine”
(Spanish) >>>
Juan Sarda, El Cultural (El Mondo), 24.04.2008