SAVING İLKER CANİKLİGİL
İlker Canikligil, a Turkish documentary filmmaker, becomes the subject of a political firestorm after releasing his latest film. Declared persona non grata by authorities, his work triggers an international diplomatic crisis. Colleagues and activists launch the #Saveİlker campaign, fighting against his potential extradition and imprisonment. Meanwhile, the audience glimpses fragments of the controversial documentary itself — footage deemed subversive by the state. The narrative unfolds like a real-time thriller: investigative journalism, witness intimidation, sudden disappearances of archival evidence. The line between documentary and political detective story blurs with each twist, challenging the very nature of truth.
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📋 Film Details
| Original Title | İLKER CANİKLİGİLİ KURTARMAK |
| Year | 2025 |
| Country | Turkey |
| Genre | Documentary, Thriller |
| Director | Erdi Kızgır |
| Runtime | 10 min. |
| Rating | TMDB: 7.0/10 (1 votes) |
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The direction merges vérité urgency with thriller pacing, treating interviews as interrogations and archival clips as evidence.
Anyone ready for a film that feels less like watching history and more like witnessing it unfold in dangerous real-time will find this unsettlingly compelling. — MovieFinder Editorial
Director: Erdi Kızgır
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