The Things You Kill

The Things You Kill
French theatrical release poster
TurkishÖldürdüğün Şeyler
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Directed byAlireza Khatami
Written byAlireza Khatami
Produced by
  • Alireza Khatami
  • Elisa Sepulveda Ruddoff
  • Cyriac Auriol
  • Mariusz Włodarski
  • Michael Solomon
Starring
CinematographyBartosz Swiniarski
Edited by
  • Alireza Khatami
  • Selda Taskin
Production
companies
  • Fulgurance
  • Remora Films
  • Lava Films
  • Tell Tall Tale
  • Band With Pictures
  • Sineaktif
Distributed by
Release dates
  • 24 January 2025 (2025-01-24) (Sundance)
  • 25 April 2025 (2025-04-25) (Turkey)
  • 23 July 2025 (2025-07-23) (France)
Running time
113 minutes
Countries
  • Canada
  • Turkey
  • Poland
  • France
LanguageTurkish

The Things You Kill (Turkish: Öldürdüğün Şeyler) is a 2025 Turkish-language mystery film written and directed by Alireza Khatami. An international co-production between Canada, Turkey, Poland, and France, the film stars Ekin Koç as a university professor who solicits his gardener to seek vengeance after the suspicious death of his mother. Erkan Kolçak Köstendil, Hazar Ergüçlü, and Ercan Kesal provide supporting roles. Khatami, Elisa Sepulveda Ruddoff, Cyriac Auriol, Mariusz Włodarsk, and Michael Solomon co-produced the movie.

The film had its world premiere in the World Cinema Dramatic Competition section of the 2025 Sundance Film Festival on 24 January. It was selected as Canada's submission for the Best International Feature Film award at the 98th Academy Awards, but it was not nominated.