Merhamet

Within a Turkish migrant worker family, a mother struggles with the upcoming goodbye of her, pregnant, 16-year-old daughter after which she leaves for Turkey.

Staring:
Nilüfer Öder, Erva Bayram, Gürkan Küçüksentürk, Denizcan Kulaksiz

Crew:
Director: Matthijs Sluijs
Screenwriters: Zeynep Dülger, Jeroen Bons
Producers: Nienke Lockx, Huib Robben
Cinematography: Lin Hou Oei
Gaffer: Jonathan ten Broeke
Production Design: Kirsten Mauduit
Costume Design: Elif Dülger
Editor: Anneliek Noordermeer
VFX Supervisors: Mark van Kuik, Ouassim Echarradi
Sound Designers: Angelina de Braekeleer, Mark Dijkstra
Re-recording mixer: Pim Stoltz
Production Sound Mixer: Eran Brinkman
Composer: Gregory Ney
First AD: Marjan Lammers, Anne Luigjes

Merhamet was in the official selection of the Netherlands Film Festival in Utrecht and was one of the nominees for best graduation film of 2023.