Extraordinary People

  • 8.5 10
  • 2014
  • 44min
Extraordinary People
  • Original Title: Sıra dışı insanlar

From mountain villages to whistling languages, witness the ingenious ways people adapt to unforgiving landscapes and keep tradition alive.

Extraordinary People
Awards

AWARDS: Seven Summits Environmental Award Winner. Mountain Film Festival/ SUSI Award – EU Sustainability Award. Terra di Tutti Film Festival/ Audience Award – First Prize. Kent Ve Mimarlık Film Festivali/ Documentary – First Prize. International Environmental Film Festival 

OFFICIAL SELECTION: Antalya International Film Festival / Mountain Film Festival / Erlebe Trabzon / Silk Road Film Festival / Trento Film Festival / International Changing Perspectives Short Film Festival / Montreal Turkish Film Festival / IFF Ekotopfilm – Environfilm / International Nature Film Festival / Kayseri International Film Festival / Black Sea Art Festival / DocuTIFF / Viva Film Festival / Picurt – Mostra Mountain Film dels Pirineus / Ischia Film Festival / Alanya International Film Festival / Outdoor Short Film Festival of Grenoble / Wildlife Vaasa Festival / Mountain Film Competition - Zakopane / G2 Green Earth Film Festival / Alpi Giulie Cinema / International Kuala Lumpur Eco Film Festival / Terra di Tutti Film Festival / SEFF European Competition for Documentary Films / International Tour Film Festival / MAIPU Cortos Festival de Cine de Humor / Festival Internacional De Cine De Montana Ushuaia / Trento Film Festival 365 Program / Jahorina Film Festival / FER Film Festival Kosova / Uluslararası Mimarlar Odası Film Festivali / Internationales Bergfilmfestival Tegernsee / Bansko Film Festival / Spotkania Film Festival / Kathmandu International Mountain Film Festival (KIMFF) / Seoul ICARUS Drone International Film Festival (SEDIFF) / ALTIN Defne Film Festivali Antakya / Reframe Film Festival / Espiello International Film Festival / Premio Tortoreto alla Cultura / Thessaloniki Doc Market / Ecozine Film Festival

Extraordinary People - Where adversity sparks extraordinary ingenuity

This award-winning documentary shines a light on the hidden brilliance of communities that turn hardship into artful survival. Through gravity-defying homes, daring trolley lines, and the melodic whistled language of Kuşköy, the film celebrates cultural resilience and inventive spirit.

This breathtaking journey reveals not only how people adapt to harsh environments but also how tradition and creativity can thrive where others see only obstacles. A tribute to human determination and the beauty of living in harmony with challenging landscapes.

Orhan Tekeoglu
Orhan Tekeoglu Director

Production Companies

Kinoglaz


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