• Documentary

Scars of a Putsch

The military coup of September 12, 1980 abruptly ended the dream of a democracy in Turkey. The director’s husband was a Turkish revolutionary in the 1970s and fled to Vienna, Austria, at that time. Director Nathalie Borgers goes on a personal quest to discover what is hidden behind the scars on her husband’s body and how the violent upheaval changed Turkey’s society and paved the way to an authoritarian regime and the political Re-Islamization of the country.

Data

Category
Documentary
Financing
Majoritäre Koproduktion
Format
DCP, 90 Min
Release
05.09.2025
Distribution
Filmdelights e.U.
Admissions
947
Funding Film Institute
160.000 €
Share of Austrian production costs
28 %
Share of total production costs
17 %
Funding ÖFI+
131.000 €
Share of total production costs
14 %
Television investment
130.000 €
Co-production

Novak Prod (BE, 26%)

International funding

Centre du Cinéma Wallonie Bruxelles, Tax Shelter, MEDIA

Funding program
ÖFI, ÖFI+
Status
im Kino
Film location
Vienna, Turkey-Ankara, Ardahan, Bartin, Sweden, Spain, Europe
Shooting time
February - October 2023
Days of shooting
35
Completion
Winter 2024/2025
Funding institutions Austria
Filminstitut, Filmfonds Wien
Credits
Production
Mischief Films - Verein zur Förderung des Dokumentarfilms KG
Producer Austria
Ralph Wieser
Director
Nathalie Borgers
Script-concept
Nathalie Borgers
DOP
Klemens Koscher, Johannes Hammel
Editor
Rudi Maerten
Sound design
Valérie Leroy
Green Film Consultant
Marion Rossmann
Production manager
Susanne Berger
German Title
Narben eines Putsches
Television investment
ORF (Film/Fernseh-Abkommen), RTBF, Proximus TV

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