Eye Am
France, Turkey, 2013, 78 minutes, Digital, Color, Turkish
2013 Adana Golden Boll FF; Best Film, Best Screenplay, Best Editing, SİYAD Best Film Award
Director: Hakkı Kurtuluş Melik Saraçoğlu
Screenplay: Melik Saraçoğlu, Hakkı Kurtuluş, Deniz Arslan
Cinematography: Meryem Yavuz
Editing: Ali Aga
Music: George Gershwin, Arvo Part, Goodspeed You Black Emperor!
Production: İki Film, Les Films des Lucioles
Cast: Melik Saraçoğlu, Bilgin Saraçoğlu, İsmail Saraçoğlu, Öykü Altuntaş, Orhan Saraçoğlu, Hakkı Kurtuluş, Ahmet Saraçoğlu
This is the autofiction of M., a young film-freak looking forward to shooting his own films. On account of two consecutive retinal detachments, he almost goes totally blind. During 40 bed-ridden days, he’ll be obliged to lie prone with both eyes closed. This “rehearsal of blindness” will culminate in his confrontation with his own fears.