The Herd is a 1978 Turkish drama film, written, produced and co-directed by Yılmaz Güney

Yilmaz Güney

Yılmaz Güney, was a Kurdish film director, scenarist, novelist and actor from Turkey. Many of his works are devoted to the plight of ordinary, working class people in Turkey.- Biography :...

 with Zeki Ökten during Güney's second imprisonment, featuring Tarık Akan

Tarik Akan

Tarık Akan is a Turkish film actor and producer who has been active since the 1970s.-Biography:...

 as a peasant, forced by a local blood feud to sell his sheep in far away Ankara

Ankara

Ankara is the capital of Turkey and the country's second largest city after Istanbul. The city has a mean elevation of , and as of 2010 the metropolitan area in the entire Ankara Province had a population of 4.4 million....

. The film, which went on nationwide general release on , was screened in competition at the 30th Berlin International Film Festival

30th Berlin International Film Festival

The 30th annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from February 18 to February 29, 1980.-Jury:* Ingrid Thulin * Betsy Blair* Mathieu Carrière* Alberto Isaac* Peter Kern* Károly Makk* Alexander Mitta* Alexandre Trauner...

, where it won Interfilm and OCIC Awards, the Locarno International Film Festival, where it won Golden Leopard and Special Mention, was scheduled to compete in the cancelled 17th Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival, for which it received 6 Belated Golden Oranges, including Best Film and Best Director, was awarded the BFI Sutherland Trophy and was voted one of the 10 Best Turkish Films by the Ankara Cinema Association.

Awards

• 17th Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival
  • Belated Golden Orange for Best Film (won)
  • Belated Golden Orange for Best Director: Zeki Ökten (won, also for The Enemy
    The Enemy (1979 film)
    The Enemy is a 1979 Turkish drama film, written, produced and co-directed by Yılmaz Güney with Zeki Ökten during Güney's second imprisonment, featuring Aytaç Arman as Ismail an overqualified young Turkish worker who unable to find employment is reduced to poisoning the local stray dogs and begging...
    
    )
  • Belated Golden Orange for Best Music: Zülfü Livaneli
    Zülfü Livaneli
    Ömer Zülfü Livanelioğlu is a popular Turkish folk musician , a novelist, newspaper columnist and a film director who has been highly popular for decades...
    
     (won)
  • Belated Golden Orange for Best Actress: Melike Demirağ (won, shared with Güngör Bayrak for The Enemy)
  • Belated Golden Orange for Best Actor: Tarık Akan
    Tarik Akan
    Tarık Akan is a Turkish film actor and producer who has been active since the 1970s.-Biography:...
    
     (won, also for The Sacrifice
    The Sacrifice (1979 film)
    The Sacrifice is a 1979 Turkish drama film, directed by Atıf Yılmaz and written by Başar Sabuncu based on a true story by Faruk Erem, featuring a peasant who sacrifices his youngest child to God...
    
    , shared with Aytaç Arman
    Aytaç Arman
    Aytaç Arman is a Turkish actor. He has appeared in 42 films and television shows since 1971. He starred in the 1979 film The Enemy, which won an Honourable Mention at the 30th Berlin International Film Festival.-Selected filmography:...
    
     for The Enemy)
  • Belated Golden Orange for Best Supporting Actor: Tuncel Kurtiz
    Tuncel Kurtiz
    Tuncel Kurtiz is a Turkish theatre, movie and TV series actor, playwright and film director. Since 1964, he has acted in more than 70 movies, including many international productions.- Biography :...
    
    (won)

External links

• TurkishFilmChannel Distributor page for the film