Director: Evrim Çervatoğlu

Screenplay: Evrim Çervatoğlu

Cinematography: Reşat Okan Candemir

Sound Recorder: Halil Tuncay
Sound Editor: Erkan Özkan

Editor: Erkan Özkan

Music: Gökhan Özkan

Producer: Evrim Çervatoğlu, Seniha Sibel Özorhon, Kuzey Yücehan Sevgican

Production Company: Bageni

Synopsis:

A poetic docudrama that follows Cengiz, a solitary shepherd living in the highlands of Turkey’s Eastern Black Sea region.  As two other men in the film engage with the herd for profit, Cengiz lives outside the boundaries of economy, society, and time. Over time, Cengiz becomes indistinguishable from his animals—he is the 501st goat.

1986, Turkey

Filmography:

GOAT501 is the director’s debut documentary.

Festivals and Awards:

Best Documentary, Come on Doc Belgrade International Documentary Film Festival, Serbia

Honorable Mention, Greece International Film Festival, Greece

Best Sound, Moscow International Documentary Film Festival, Russia

Sweden Film Awards, Sweden