BEYTO
FEATURE FICTION FILM
by Gitta Gsell
Talented swimmer, motivated apprentice, cool buddy: Beyto is in the midst of life, with a bright future ahead of him. One would think. But when the only son of a Turkish migrant family falls in love with his coach Mike, an ideal world falls to pieces. In shock and ashamed, his parents only see one way out: Beyto must marry in order to save face and tradition. They lure him to their home village and plan his wedding with Seher, his childhood friend. Suddenly, Beyto finds himself in a disruptive love triangle: How can he get back to Mike without destroying Seher’s future? A subtle, summerly sensuous love story about three young people.
AWARDS
Audience Award at Solothurn Film Festival
Audience Award at Image+Nation Festival Film LGBTQ Montréal
FESTIVALS
Zurich Film Festival (Focus Competition)
Solothurn Film Festival (Prix du Public Competition)
Bolzano Film Festival Bozen (Feature Competition)
Wicked Queer Boston LGBT Film Festival
Outshine LGBTQ+ Film Festival Miami
Mardi Gras Film Festival Queer Screen Sydney
Image Out Rochester LGBT Film Festival
Inside Out Toronto LGBT Film Festival
Out Film Connecticut LGBTQ Film Festival
Fire!! Barcelona LGBT Film Festival
Hong Kong Lesbian and Gay Film Festival
aGliff PRISM LGBTQIA+ Film Festival
Out On Film Atlanta’s LGBTQ Film Festival
Chéries Chéries Festival du film LGBTQ de Paris
Side by Side LGBT Int. Film Festival St.Petersburg
Image+Nation LGBTQ Film Festival Montréal
WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY
Gitta Gsell
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY
Peter Guyer
SOUND
Balthasar Jucker
EDITING
Bernhard Lehner
MUSIC
Ben Jeger
SOUND DESIGN
Tobias Koch, Peter von Siebenthal
CAST
Burak Ates (Beyto)
Dimitri Stapfer (Mike)
Beren Tuna (Narin)
Serkan Tastemur (Seyit)
Zeki Bulgurcu (Metin)
Ecem Aydin (Seher)
PRODUCTION
Lomotion AG
PRODUCERS
Magdalena Welter, Louis Mataré, David Fonjallaz
IN CO-PRODUCTION WITH
Sulaco Film GmbH
CO-PRODUCER
Peter Zwierko
SERVICE PRODUCTION
GAYA Film (Istanbul, Turkey)
WITH THE FINANCIAL SUPPORT OF
Federal Office of Culture (FOC)
Berner Filmförderung
Fachausschuss Film und Medienkunst BS & BL
Zürcher Filmstiftung
Suissimage Kulturfonds
Migros Kulturprozent
Kanton Solothurn