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Stars: Billur Melis Koç, Ahmet Rifat Sungar, Baki Kaymaz, Yagizcan Konyah | Written by Emre Akay, Deniz Cuylan | Directed by Emre Akay

On paper Av The Hunt sounds like yet another take on the theme of hunting humans, however co-writer/director Emre Akay’s film has a rather interesting concept up its sleeve, which elevates the typical story into something more interesting – a diatribe on the patriarchy and the vile idea of “honour killings”.

Av The Hunt opens with a young couple making love when suddenly a cop barges in while the woman, Ayse, is in the shower. The police officer and Ayse’s lover struggle and he ends up dead at the hands of the cop. You see the dead man is Ayse lover, Not her husband. Feeling that her family and that of her husband have been disgraced by Ayse’s actions, all the men in her strict family...