FILM · 1999 · TURKEY

Mayıs Sıkıntısı

Directed by

Nuri Bilge Ceylan

Runtime

130 min

Studio

NBC Film

11 archived facts · 2 topics · 2 sources · Last reviewed Oct 2026

An aspiring filmmaker visits his parents and begins to devise a movie. Amidst creating and casting for the film, he encounters with family & friends who struggle with their own problems, dreams and life.

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1. #001

   Mayıs Sıkıntısı is Nuri Bilge Ceylan's third feature-length film, following his 1995 20-minute Koza and his 1997 85-minute Kasaba.

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2. #002

   The film was shot in the Yenice district of Çanakkale, where the director spent his childhood.

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3. #003

   Mayıs Sıkıntısı was shot with sound, and its sound work was done in Dolby Digital format.

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4. #004

   Nuri Bilge Ceylan served as producer, cinematographer and editor of the film, working on the editing together with Ayhan Ergürsel.

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5. #005

   The production was made by the director's own company, NBC Film.

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6. #006

   At the 1999 Altın Portakal Film Festival, the film won awards in the Best Director, Best Second Film and Best Laboratory categories, and the jury also gave special awards to all of the film's amateur actors.

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7. #007

   Mehmet Emin Ceylan, in the lead role, won the Best Actor award at the İskenderiye Film Festival.

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8. #008

   In 2000, at the 19th International Istanbul Film Festival, the film won the Golden Tulip, Best Turkish Film, International Fipresci and Audience Jury awards.

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9. #009

   In the film's cast, Mehmet Emin Toprak plays Saffet, Mehmet Emin Ceylan plays Emin, Fatma Ceylan plays Fatma, Muzaffer Özdemir plays Muzaffer and Muhammed Zımbaoğlu plays Ali.

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10. #010

    The turtle and Emin's wish to live another 20 years are also significant points in the first film, Kasaba (1997).

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11. #011

    The director chose his real parents, Emin Ceylan and Fatma Ceylan, to play the protagonist's mother and father.

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