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LOYA

By Sibel GUVENC

KYBELE FILMS INC. - as PROD

Drama - Pre-Production 2024

Loya, a young Turkish storyteller battling cancer, fights for her life and her land that is destroyed by a Canadian gold mining company operated by her birth father.

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Whistler Film Festival 2020
Power Pitch
Whistler Film Festival 2020
Producers Lab
Berlinale - EFM 2021
JETS co-production initiative
Cannes Film Festival 2023
Impact Lab
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    • Year of production
    • 2024
    • Genres
    • Drama
    • Countries
    • CANADA, TURKEY
    • Languages
    • ENGLISH, TURKISH
    • Budget
    • 1 - 3 M$
    • Duration
    • 120 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Sibel GUVENC
    • Writer(s)
    • Sibel GUVENC
    • Producer(s)
    • Sibel GUVENC (KYBELE FILMS INC.), Nadir OPERLI (LIMAN FILM), Irem AKBAL (LIMAN FILM)
    • Synopsis
    • In the mountains of Artvin in Turkey, in a charming city surrounded by meadows of wildflowers, rushing streams, and village homes, Loya, an eleven-year-old nature-child, helps her fortune-teller grandmother read coffee grounds for villagers to reveal their futures. In these readings, Loya reflects on what she dreams of doing with her life through imaginative stories. Yet in Loya's harsh reality, her picturesque home is now threatened by a Canadian gold mining company that risks contaminating the land and groundwater with mining activities. When Loya’s father dies in a landslide due to deforestation, Loya’s life turns upside down. Shortly after, she is diagnosed with cancer.
      Desperate for support, Havva, Loya’s mother, reaches out to Richard, Loya’s birth-father. This is a total shock to Loya who thought she already had a father. Furthermore, Loya finds out that Richard is leading the gold mining operation that killed her father and is destroying her family land. Discovering that he has a daughter, Richard finds himself torn between his demanding work, and his truth-seeking daughter. Loya understands it’s not only her mother who is complicit, hiding the truth about her birthfather, but so is her precious grandmother. For the first time, Loya feels totally alone as her health continues to deteriorate, and she’s rushed to emergency. Facing death, she is determined to save the land of her family to make a difference before she dies.
      Mobilizing her classmates to join forces in protest against the mining company, Loya fights for her land, but the mining activities never stop. She tries once more standing tall in front of the machines consuming herself. Her last words are directed to Richard as her father. Devastated by the loss of his newly found daughter, Richard resigns and releases hidden reports for the company to lose the court battle. He couldn’t save his daughter’s life, but can he save the land?
    • Partners & financing
    • Telefilm Canada, Ontario Film and Television (OFTTC), Canada Film Production Tax Credit (CPTC), Türkiye's Ministry of Culture and Tourism Cash Rebate, Kybele Films, Liman Film, Baska Sinema.
    • Production schedule
    • PRE-PRODUCTION May 6 - June 14, 2024
      PRODUCTION June 17 – July 26, 2024
      WRAP August 2, 2024
      PICTURE LOCK Dec 16, 2024
      POST Colour/VFX/Sound/Music Dec 17, 2024 – April 11, 2025
      Online / Picture Finishing April 14 – May 2, 2025
      DELIVERY May 5, 2025
    • Beginning of shooting
    • Jun 17, 2024
    • End of shooting
    • Jul 26, 2024
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