Banu Sivaci’s ‘Hear the Yellow’ Sweeps Taormina Film Festival Awards, ‘Animol,’ ‘Piccolo Miracolo’ Take Home Prizes

This year's Taormina Film Festival jury was presided over by Oscar-winning director Jane Campion

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Banu Sıvacı’s “Hear the Yellow” has swept the main awards at this year’s Taormina Film Festival. The drama, which started its festival journey in Berlin back in February, was elected Best Film and Best Script at the Sicilian event, with its leads Süleyman Kadim Kabaali and  Selva Erdener winning Best Actor and Best Actress respectively. 

“Hear the Yellow” is Sıvacı’s sophomore effort. The drama follows young Suna, who returns to her small Turkish village to find it riven with cracks caused by draught. Her parental home is as fragile as relationships between the locals, but Suna persists in shining a light into the past’s dark corners. Sıvacı’s feature debut, “The Pigeon,” also premiered in Berlin, back in 2018. 

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