Off Set 2018 TIFF Portrait Series: Saf

Filmmaker Ali Vatansever arrived at TIFF (a Discovery programme selection) with his sophomore film — a feature that our Nicholas Bell suggested “should be classified as a moral fable of our times and yet there’s nothing fablelike about it.” In a backdrop of construction and featuring the collapse of more than just family homes, Turkish entry Saf sees a husband and wife team in thesps Erol Afsin and Saadet Isil Aksoy (she was featured in Semih Kaplanoglu’s Egg and Milk) driven to the brink of desperation. We had the opportunity to photograph the filmmaker and his two stars.

Ali Vatansever, SAF / Photo © Marie France L’Ecuyer IONCINEMA

Saadet Isil Aksoy, SAF / Photo © Marie France L’Ecuyer IONCINEMA

Erol Afsin, SAF / Photo © Marie France L’Ecuyer IONCINEMA