Slovenian Horror Flick ‘Idyll’ and Turkish Thriller ‘Naciye’ Take Over Cannes!

by | May 13, 2016 | Horror World News | 0 comments

IdilaPosterThe award-winning extreme horror movie IDYLL, the first movie in this genre to be entirely produced and shot in Slovenia, will be introduced to the Cannes market this week. Directed by Tomaz Gorkic, IDYLL has already won the Best Feature Award at the Weekend of Fear in Germany and at the Slovenian Film Festival, and it has been screened at fabled horror events such as the Trieste Science+Fiction Festival and the Fright Night Theatre in Ontario.

IDYLL mutates the trope of a horrifying confrontation between rural an urban, seen in classics like The Texas Chainsaw Massacre. But underneath the basic story structure there are some subtly positioned problematic themes that modern-day Slovenia as well as our global society faces. Director Gorkic transforms the idyllic locations of Slovenia into hell, as a fashion shoot in the forest quickly turns into a fight for survival against a group of inbred savages.

Following a successful theatrical release in Turkey, the tense psycho-thriller NACIYE will be presented at Cannes. Award-winning Turkish actress Derya Alabora (“Innocence,” “When We Leave,” “A Most Wanted Man”) stars as Naciye in Lutfu Emre Cicek’s feature film directorial debut. NACIYE had its worldwide premiere at the prestigious ScreamFest in Los Angeles .

NaciyePosterNACIYE was filmed on location during the off-season on the beautiful Princess Islands off the Marmara Coast of Istanbul, Turkey. Empty seaside mansions and gorgeous vistas belie the sinister and dangerous events about to unfold. The bucolic locale turns bloody and deadly as the body count quickly grows.

The Cannes film market will start on the 11th of May and will follow on until the 20th. EuroObscura is on board to handle the international sales in Cannes for both movies.

IDILA – IDYLL – Horror has a new name! – THE FIRST SLOVENIAN HORROR MOVIE! – Best Feature Award at Slovenian Film Festival Slovenia 2016 – 83 min. – Horror After a night of carousing, the amateur photo model Zina heads for a fashion shoot in nature, accompanied by the ambitious Mia, apathetic Dragica and snobby photographer Blitcz. When they arrive at the the idyllic location, a supposedly ordinary fashion shoot soon turns into a fierce fight for survival.

NACIYE – Open the door! – Official Selection at SCREAMFEST LA 2015 and Istambul International Film Festival 2016 Turkey 2016 – 90 min. – Thriller Every woman needs a room of her own, Naciye is no different. The island house where Naciye grew up is her “safe place”. She’d do anything to protect that house and everything in it. Her world collapses after she’s evicted from it. A pregnant woman and her husband rent Naciye’s house, without knowing that Naciye still hides inside of it, ready to fight back every new occupant. The struggle between them will get very very grisly.

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