2 February 2015

“Çekmeceler” (drawers), a new drama by the Turkish co-directors of the multiple award-winning 2011 film “Zenne Dancer,” will have its world premiere on Feb. 15 as part of the upcoming !f İstanbulInternational independent film festival.

The film, part of the 14th !f İstanbul's Digiturk Galas program, will be shown only once during the festival, according to a news release issued Monday by the film's publicist.

Co-directors M. Caner Alper and Mehmet Binay's sophomore effort, described as a controversial coming-of-age drama, follows the story of a young woman who is taken to a hospital on the night of her 32nd birthday and reveals the traumatic secrets buried deep in her soul -- and in the “family drawers” of her divorced parents, who are both actors -- as she journeys back over the last 25 years while in her hospital bed.

Starring Ece Dizdar in its leading role, the film's cast also features Taner Birsel, Tilbe Saran, Nilüfer Açıkalın and Hakan Çimenser.

“Çekmeceler” is set to open in cinemas nationwide on March 6.

Alper and Binay's debut feature “Zenne” was based on the true story of Ahmet Yıldız, the first victim of a gay “honor killing” in Turkey. That film has won around 25 awards at both local and foreign film festivals, including the Golden Orange for Best First Film at the 2011 Antalya International Film Festival.