亞洲新導演獎

都是男孩與狗，只是這男孩與那狗構成的，不是美麗動人的童話故事，而是滿路泥濘的生命軌跡。十一歲的他，擁有獅子般的名字，在大亞細亞的東部一個鄉郊小鎮中，過著獨立原始的生活。男孩在家人的耳濡目染下，童真早已被世界吞噬。輸掉比賽的它被主人當場拋棄，在水溝裡等待死亡。一場非法的鬥狗賽事，使他和它遇上，然而他們之間剛萌芽的情，卻敵不過原始慾望的吞噬。導演融合了前作紀錄非法鬥狗的體驗，透過男孩如何從旁觀者到墮入成人世界的過程，細述環境與文化習俗如何塑造著我們的人生。當中數場鬥狗片段更讓人看得毛骨悚然，備受爭議。首作即打入威尼斯競賽單元，並摘下評審團特別獎。

Drawing on his previous experience documenting illegal dogfighting in Anatolia in eastern Turkey, Kaan Mujdeci’s stark and uncompromising feature debut revolves around a boy and his dog – but this is certainly not your typical heartwarming pet film. Tantrum-prone 11-year-old Aslan (Dogan Izci) saves an injured Kangal sheepdog named Sivas, a fighting dog that was left for dead after losing a brutal match. He then tries to use Sivas to impress his classmates, in particular the girl he likes, and even sets up an amateur fight with another boy’s dog. The adults around Aslan take things one step further and enter Sivas into the regional dogfighting championships.