Synopsis
“Scars of a Putsch” is the director’s personal quest to discover what is hidden behind the scars on the body of her husband Abidin, a Turkish revolutionary of the 70s. She reveals how the military coup of September 12, 1980 put a definite end to the dream of a democracy in Turkey and paved the way to an authoritarian regime and the re-Islamization of the country.
In the presence of the director.
Festivals
Berlinale, Forum Section, Germany 2025
Director's Biography
Born in 1964 in Brussels, Belgium, Nathalie Borgers first studies Journalism at the University of Brussels, then moves to San Francisco to further study directing and producing. In 1989, she wins the Student « Documentary Writing » award from the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. She becomes an executive producer and a director at ATRIOM Production, a San Francisco-based company. She moves back to Europe in 1992 and starts her career as independent filmmaker. She writes and directs award-winning documentaries with various production companies in France, Belgium, and Austria.
Selected filmography:
“The Remains–After the Odyssee”, BEST DOCUMENTARY Diagonale (Graz, Austria) 2019
“Catching Haider” (2015), “Special Mention” dok.fest in Munich.
“Greetings from the colony” (2011), BEST DOCUMENTARY Rwanda 2012 and Benin 2013, a SPECIAL JURY PRIZE – the Festival Lumières d’Afrique, Besançon 2012, PRIX DE LA MEMOIRE at the Ecollywood Festival, Lille, 2012
“Winds of sand, women of rock” (2009), “Best Documentary” at the WATCHDOCS Festival, Warsaw, 2010, and a “Coup de coeur” International Environmental Film Festival (Paris).
“Truth Under Siege”, (1994), won the GOLDEN GATE JURY PRIZE at the San Francisco International Film Festival and BEST FILM award at the Buenos Aires Ars Electronica Festival
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