The award-winning Turkish film About Dry Grasses / Kuru Otlar Üstüne comes to cinemas across Britain and Ireland this Friday, 26 July.
Shot in Erzurum and Adıyaman, the movie centres on a schoolteacher, Samet, who is accused of inappropriate behaviour towards Sevim, one of his pupils in a school in a remote part of Turkiye.
It stars Merve Dizdar, who won Best Actress at Cannes last year for her role as Nuray, with Deniz Celiloğlu (Samet), and Ece Bağcı, who appears in her breakout role as 14-year-old schoolgirl Sevim, which won her Best Supporting Actress at the Chicago International Film Festival.
The 3-hour film by Turkiye’s top auteur Nuri Bilge Ceylan, who wrote, produced and directed About Dry Grasses, has already received many plaudits from film critics around the world.
“It’s the multiple layers of mystery – which have less to do with actual events than with what different characters are thinking – which make the film compelling,” wrote Jennie Kermode in Eye For Film, while Bilge Ebiri’s review for New York Magazine said: “About Dry Grasses is Ceylan’s longest film to date. It’s also among the most hypnotic works of his career, and certainly one of the best movies of this or any other year.”
To celebrate this latest cinematic masterpiece by Ceylan, T-VINE is giving away a pair of tickets to one of our lucky readers in the UK to watch at a Picturehouse Cinema of your choice.
Competition…how to win
For your chance to win a pair of tickets, simply answer the following question correctly:
Which of these films is NOT by Nuri Bilge Ceylan:
- A) Kış Uykusu / Winter Sleep
- B) Buğday / Grain
- C) Üç Maymun / Three Monkeys
Pick the correct answer from one of the three options above and enter the competition as detailed below.
The names of all entrants with the correct answer, which is received by the deadline, will be put into a hat and the first one out will receive a pair of tickets.
The competition is free to enter and runs for two days, closing just before midnight on Thursday 25 July 2024.
Prize
T-VINE Magazine, in conjunction with Picturehouse Cinemas, is giving away one pair of tickets to see About Dry Grasses (Kuru Otlar Üstüne) at a Picturehouse Cinema across Britain from Friday 26 July 2024.
How to enter
There are two ways to enter into our free prize draw:
Either like T-VINE Magazine’s Facebook page and leave your answer under the About Dry Grasses competition post pinned at the top of the page.
OR
Send us an email to competitions @ t-vine.com marking the subject line About Dry Grasses Competition. If you are emailing your entry, do include your full name and daytime contact number too.
Those responding by Facebook are not required to give their full details on the public post. If you are the winner, we will send you a private message from T-VINE informing you that you have won and be asked for your details as part of your prize confirmation.
Competition deadline
The deadline for your competition entry is 11.59pm (UK time) Thursday 25 July 2024. We will make the draw early on Friday morning and announce the winner on the same day.
Competition rules
Only one competition entry per person.
You must be eighteen years old or over, and reside in the United Kingdom to enter.
There is one prize on offer, comprising a pair of tickets to see About Dry Grasses at any Picturehouse Cinema of your choosing that is screening the film.
Information about Picturehouse Cinema locations and showtimes for About Dry Grasses can be found on their website – click here.
The prize does not include travel or any other expenses for the winner and their guest.
The cinema tickets are issued subject to the promoter Picturehouse Cinemas.
The prize is non-transferable, non-refundable and non-negotiable.
There is no cash alternative.
The winner will be selected randomly by T-VINE Magazine, who must claim their prize within one hour of being contacted. Failure to do so would render them disqualified and a new winner picked.
The judge’s decision is final.
Good luck!
