2021 ShortFest Archive
Late in the evening in a small Turkish town, a young couple are trying to find a hotel room to spend the night together, but they face rejection from every hotel for not having the required marriage certificate. Once they believe they’ve devised the perfect scheme, the situation gets out of hand.
In competition for Best Live-Action Short Over 15 Minutes and Best Midnight Short.
In competition for Best Live-Action Short Over 15 Minutes and Best Midnight Short.
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film details
| Director: | Serhat Karaaslan |
| Producers: | Laure Dahout |
| Screenwriter: | Serhat Karaaslan |
| Cinematographers: | Tudor Mircea |
| Editor: | Nathan Delannoy |
| Music: | Charli Circus |
| Cast: | Deniz Altan, Lorin Merhart, Erdem Şenocak, Ercan Kesal, Cem Baza |
| Original Language Title: | Les Criminels |
| Country: | France/Romania/Turkey |
| Language: | in Turkish with English subtitles |
| Year: | 2021 |
| Running Time: | 24 minutes |
| Awards: | Special Jury Award for Screenwriting, Sundance Film Festival; Best Screenplay, Festival du Cinéma Européen de Lille |
| Primary Company: | Lights On |
| Contact Email: | lightson@lightsonfilm.org |
| Website: | https://www.lightsonfilm.com/thecriminals.html |