Shadows and Faces (Gölgeler ve Suretler)

Turkish Cypriot filmmaker Derviş Zaim wrote and directed Gölgeler ve Suretler (Shadows and Faces), a Turkish drama of 2010. It closes Zaim's trilogy on traditional Turkish arts: after Waiting for Heaven (2006, miniature) and Dot (2008, calligraphy), shadow theater takes the center. Shown in the national feature competition at the 47th International Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival, it won Best Editing (Aylin Zoi Tinel) and the SIYAD critics' award. After a premiere on March 5, 2011, it opened across Turkey on March 11.

The story is set in Cyprus in 1963, as conflict between Turks and Greeks begins. A young girl, the daughter of a Karagöz shadow-play master, is separated from her father and tries to flee the burning villages for the city she hopes is safer; the journey becomes a coming-of-age ordeal. The hills, shore and landscape of the Karpaz region and the village of Büyükkonuk form the backdrop. The cast includes Buğra Gülsoy, Settar Tanrıöğen, Hazar Ergüçlü, Osman Alkaş and Popi Avraam.

Inspired by real events, the film asks how innocence and humanity survive in a world ruled by violence. One critic called it a major event of the year for telling the story with an understanding of both communities. It runs about 116 minutes.