Dartmouth Films is thrilled to announce that it will release award-winning documentary DYING TO DIVORCE in UK cinemas from 24th November on the back of its recent longlist nomination for the 2021 BIFA Best Documentary Award. Winner of the Special Jury Prize at The Golden Nymph Awards and the Best Film Amnesty International Award at the Thessaloniki Documentary Film Festival, the film will celebrate its UK Film Premiere on 24th November, 18.30 at London's Rio Cinema, Dalston.
Directed by BAFTA nominated Chloë Fairweather (School, I Do at 92) and produced by CPH:DOX F:ACT Award winner Sinead Kirwan (Still The Enemy Within, When a City Rises), developed and supported by the National Lottery through Creative Scotland, DYING TO DIVORCE will be released to coincide with the UN Campaign of '16 Days of Activism' to combat gender violence, starting 25th November.
More than one in three Turkish women have experienced domestic violence and the number of femicides is rising. Women in Turkey are fighting back. DYING TO DIVORCE follows Ipek Bozkurt, a courageous lawyer, who is determined to challenge this misogynistic trend by putting abusive men behind bars.
Working with a group of activists, Ipek is fighting to get justice for two survivors of horrific assaults: Arzu, married off at 14 to a farmer ten years her senior and Kubra, a successful and glamorous TV presenter. Arzu lost both legs and the use of her arms when her husband fired seven shotgun shells at close range after she asked for a divorce. She must try to rebuild her life to regain custody of her children, who have been taken into care.
