Lüfer Belgeseli (Boğazın Prensi) / Awarded Bluefish Documentary

Sinopsis
Lüfer denizlerin canavarı, pirinası, kendi boyundan küçük hatta boyuna eşit her tür canlıya saldıran dişlerinin sivriliği ve yüzüş hızıyla Boğazın en acımasız avcısı. Palamut sürülerine saldırdığı, kendi türünü yiyen bir yamyam olduğu ve hatta yunuslara bile saldırdığı anlatılmakta. Milyonlarca insanın her gün üzerinden geçtiği ve neden her sene geldiğini tam olarak bilmediği, efsanelere konu olmuş Boğazdan geçen canavar bir balık!

Synopsis
The bluefish, a symbol of Istanbul, faces the threat of extinction. This fish is truly a Bosporus legend. The Bosporus has already lost some of its famous inhabitants; the giant blue-fin tuna and its predator, the great white shark, no longer swim through those waters. Lobsters that were once plentiful in the Sea of Marmara, swordfish and the Mediterranean seals, are also long gone. Most recently, the Bosporus mackerel disappeared. Is the bluefish next in line? This film combines magical underwater footage, interviews with fisherman and activists, to showcase the fish story with great sensitivity.

Festivals (Around 50 Special Screening)
(2017)
Istanbul Independent Film Festival (!f)istanbul
2nd Best Doc. Ankara International Film Festival
Photo Diversity Film FestivalNew York
Aegean Documentary Daysİzmir
BUZZ CEE - Buzau International Film FestivalBuzau
International Nature Film Festival Godollo
Documentarist, IstanbulIstanbul
Castellerizo Documentary Festival
Voices from the Waters International Traveling Film Festival
Bozcaada International Festival of Ecological Documentary
SALT Galata Documentary Days
International Architecture and Urban Film FestivalIstanbul
9th Which Human Rights? Film Festival (HIHFF)
(2018)
12th International Beograd Underwater Film Festival
International MAPLANET Film Festival
Pecheurs de Monde International Film Festival11th The International Film
(2019)
Bergama Environmental Film FestivalBergama Environmental Film Festival
(2020)
Panorama of Ecological Films: Windows on our planet
Voices from the waters International Film Festival Delhi

Directors Statement
The documentary is about a fish that had huge cultural influence over a region for thousand years and empires long, which was overfished over the last decades. Blue fish aggressive and fast attacks almost any fish undersized, hard to catch. There are stories of careless fisherman that lost fingers or get a good scratch while trying to release it from the fishing hook. There are even some fisherman stories in which, bluefish schools chasing hungry dolphins. The fish highly desired in the region; nearly 70% of World harvest is from Turkey & Marmara Sea. The documentary is following the annual migration of the Blue fish along Bosporus both under and above water together with the human stories & lives (fisherman, scientist, restaurants, NGO’s, writers, poets, bloggers, reporters) bonded to it. The cultural and economical importance of the fish for the people is worthless and there is no coming back from extinction for this incredible species, which sadly means a loss of seamanship/cuisine culture!

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