AV The Hunt
| AV: The Hunt | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Emre Akay |
| Written by | Emre Akay Deniz Cuylan |
| Produced by | Emre Akay Diloy Gülün Natasha Markou Tolga Topçu |
| Starring | Billur Melis Koç Ahmet Rıfat Şungar Yağız Can Konyalı Adam Bay Kenan Acar Baki Rıdvan Kaymaz Emre Yetim Ayşe Özköylü |
| Music by | Brian Bender Deniz Cuylan |
Release date | |
Running time | 86 minutes |
| Country | Turkey |
| Language | Turkish |
AV: The Hunt, also known as AV and also stylized as Av The Hunt, is a 2020 thriller film that was directed by Emre Akay.
Plot
[edit | edit source]Ayşe is a married woman who has been conducting an affair behind her husband's back. When this infidelity is discovered, the men in her family react violently. Her lover ends up dead in the process and Ayşe must find a way to flee to Istanbul, where she will be safe. She is given no help from her family, as they have disowned her, and even the people around her seem ambivalent at best to her obvious plight.
Cast
[edit | edit source]- Billur Melis Koç as Ayşe
- Ahmet Rıfat Şungar as Sedat
- Yağız Can Konyalı
- Adam Bay as Ahmet
- Kenan Acar
- Baki Rıdvan Kaymaz
- Emre Yetim
- Ayşe Özköylü
Development
[edit | edit source]During the creation process Akay received an award for AV: The Hunt from the Antalya Film Forum.[2]
Release
[edit | edit source]AV: The Hunt had its world premiere in Switzerland at the Neuchâtel International Fantastic Film Festival in July 2020, after which it screened at several other film festivals throughout the world such as FrightFest.[3][4][5]
Reception
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Awards
[edit | edit source]- Best Film Award at Birmingham Cine-Excess (2020, won)[10]
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External links
[edit | edit source]- AV The Hunt at IMDbLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).