Omar and Us | Omar Ve Biz

Carmel International Competition

  • Archive - Festival 35
  • Director: Maryna Er Gorbach, Mehmet Bahadir Er
  • Turkey 2018
  • 104 minutes
  • Turkish, Arabic
  • Subtitles in Hebrew, English

Ismet recently retired from his work as Commander of the Coast Guard. Now a civilian, he struggles to communicate with his family and the people around him. His only son has left for the U.S and now his wife wants to join him. When two Syrian refugees, Omar and Mariye, come to live in his neighborhood, near the Turkish-Greek border, Ismet finds himself facing his prejudices and his political views.

The gripping, relevant drama Omar and Us comes to Haifa directly from its world premiere at the Warsaw Festival.

Filmography: Love Me (2014), Black Dogs Barking (2009).


  • Director Maryna Er Gorbach, Mehmet Bahadir Er
  • Production Mehmet Bahadir Er
  • Script Mehmet Bahadir Er
  • Cinematography Aydin Sarioglu
  • Editing Maryna Gorbach, Aziz Imamoglu
  • Festivals Warsaw
  • Actors Cem Bender, Taj Sher Yakub, Menderes Samancilar, Hala Alsayasneh, Uygar Tamer, Ushan Çakir
  • Source Protim V.P, Istanbul