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Striking while the iron is hot, multi Berlinale prize-winning filmmaker Ilker Çatak will be moving on to his next project later this year with a drama titled Yellow Letters. Screen Daily reports that locations in Hamburg, Berlin and most likely Turkey will be included in the project set for an autumn shoot. Haut et Court folks come onto the project as co-producers and the film will see Çatak reteam with if…Productions’ Ingo Fliess and his cinematographer Judith Kaufman. The Teachers’ Lounge played like gangbusters at the Berlinale.

Based on Çatak’s own screenplay (with contributions from Ayda Çatak and Enis Köstepen), Yellow Letters tells the story of an artist couple in Turkey who lose their jobs overnight due to arbitrary state action and start to live in exile.…...

Project is set to film in Germany in autumn 2023.

The Teachers’ Lounge director Ilker Çatak is reteaming with producer Ingo Fliess of if…Productions and cinematographer Judith Kaufman for his next feature, Yellow Letters.

Paris-based Haut et Court is on board as a co-producer and distributor in France and Alamode as distributor in Germany.

Set to shoot in Hamburg and Berlin from autumn 2023, Yellow Letters tells the story of an artist couple in Turkey who lose their jobs overnight due to arbitrary state action and start to live in exile. Together with their growing daughter, they fight for a life...