Sivas

Sivas (2014)

Establishing a bleak village in Eastern Turkey as its setting, Sivas features the story of Aslan, an eleven-year-old boy, and Sivas, a weathered fighting dog who develop a strong relationship after Aslan finds Sivas wounded in a ditch, left to die.

Date of release
2014-10-31
TMDB
7.5 / 10 (47)
Runtime
1h 37m
Genres
Drama
Director
Kaan Müjdeci

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Awards: 1 · Nominations: 1. Including: Grand Jury Prize of the Venice Film Festival

Sivas is a 2014 Turkish drama film directed by Kaan Müjdeci. It was selected to compete for the Golden Lion at the 71st Venice International Film Festival where it won the Special Jury Prize. The film was selected as the Turkish entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 88th Academy Awards but it was not nominated.

Production

While the film features several dog fights, none were harmed during their production. A combination of audio clips collected from real dog fights, shaky camera movement, tranquilizing the dogs harmless, and fake blood were used to film them. The crew applied lotion to the dog's teeth to prevent real bites, and dosed them with alcohol-infused liquid to slow them down, preventing them from hurting one another.

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