Three Thousand Years of Longing

Synopsis

A solitary scholar discovers an ancient bottle while on a trip to Istanbul and unleashes a djinn who offers her three wishes. Filled with reluctance, she is unable to come up with one, so the djinn tries to inspire her with his stories.

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Cast

Tilda Swinton

Alithea

Idris Elba

The Djinn

Erdil Yaşaroğlu

Professor Günhan

Sabrina Elba

British Council Lady / The Watcher

Sarah Houbolt

Airport Djinn

Seyithan Özdemir

Pale Djinn

Aamito Lagum

The Queen of Sheba

Nicolas Mouawad

King Solomon

Ece Yüksel

Gulten

Matteo Bocelli

Prince Mustafa

Lachy Hulme

Sultan Suleiman

Megan Gale

Hürrem

Oğulcan Arman Uslu

Murad IV

Jack Braddy

Ibrahim

Zerrin Tekindor

Kösem

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Anna Adams

Sugar Lump

George Shevtsov

The Old Storyteller

David Collins

Ozmet the Jocular

Burcu Gölgedar

Zefir

Vincent Gil

Old Merchant

Crew

Art

• Joanna Pullen Property Master
• Paul Jeacock Concept Artist
• Peter Pound Storyboard Artist
• Mark Sexton Storyboard Artist
• Sophie Nash Supervising Art Director
• Nicholas Dare Art Direction
• Virginia Mesiti Set Decoration
• Osman Çankırılı Set Decoration Buyer
• Roger Ford Production Design
• Lisa Thompson Set Decoration

Camera

• Yusuf Arık Digital Imaging Technician
• Utku Sonmezer First Assistant Camera
• Hasan Ersoy Second Assistant Camera
• John Seale Director of Photography

Costume & Make-Up

• Terri Farmer Key Hair Stylist
• Lesley Vanderwalt Makeup & Hair
• Lara Jade Birch Makeup Supervisor
• Terri Farmer Makeup Artist
• Lesley Vanderwalt Hair Designer
• Lesley Vanderwalt Makeup Designer
• Kym Barrett Costume Designer
• Sheldon Wade Prosthetic Designer

Crew

• Nico Lathouris Dramaturgy
• Feride Eralp Translator
• Semih Ozkoseoglu Post Production Supervisor
• Yasca Sinigaglia Stunt Coordinator
• Tim Wong Stunts
• Guy Norris Stunt Coordinator

Directing

• Guy Norris Second Unit Director
• Guy Norris Action Director
• Xander Collier Second Second Assistant Director
• Jane Griffin Second Assistant Director
• Jackson Ezard Third Assistant Director
• George Miller Director
• P.J. Voeten First Assistant Director

Editing

• Eliot Knapman First Assistant Editor
• Annie Zhang Assistant Editor
• Margaret Sixel Editor

Lighting

• Matt Dickinson Lighting Technician

Production

• Kevin Sun Executive Producer
• Dean Hood Executive Producer
• Nikki Barrett Casting
• Jane Dawkins Extras Casting
• Rachael Gill Associate Producer
• Ezgi Baltaş Casting
• Victor Hadida Executive Producer
• Merilyn Cook Production Manager
• Craig McMahon Executive Producer
• Penelope Berkemeier Production Assistant
• Toygar Saltan Location Assistant
• Erhan Alpdundar Location Manager

Sound

• Robert Mackenzie Sound Re-Recording Mixer
• Chris Jenkins Sound Re-Recording Mixer
• Robert Mackenzie Supervising Sound Editor
• Yulia Akerholt Dialogue Editor
• Pedro Eustache Musician
• Ben Osmo Production Sound Mixer
• Tom Holkenborg Original Music Composer

Visual Effects

• Andrew Corsi VFX Editor
• Jason Bath Visual Effects Producer
• Annie Zhang VFX Editor
• Marcia Kelly Visual Effects
• Meow Nutjaree Wannasri VFX Artist
• Paul Butterworth VFX Supervisor
• Jason Lei Howden Digital Compositor
• Dean Elliott Animation Supervisor

Writing

• George Miller Writer
• Augusta Miller Writer
• A.S. Byatt Short Story

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