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How Did You Know The Deceased?

Turkey, 2019, 3 minutes, Color, Turkish; Turkish closed captions


2020 Sabancı Foundation Short Film Competition; Second Prize

Director:  Ayşenur Erdoğan Gökçe

Screenplay: Ayşenur Erdoğan Gökçe, Özge Öztürk, Mert İnan
Cinematography: Mert İnan
Editing: Burak Yıldırım
Cast: Muharrem Bayrak, Fırat Yeğen

An imam talks at a burial ceremony in the town. As the burial proceeds, it is understood that there is no one at the funeral and everyone participates in the funeral via live broadcast. The main idea of ​​the film is the change of the shape of the funerals which are very important especially in Anatolia, in the digitalizing world. The film asks, “Will the funeral ceremonies, the most crowded meetings in Turkey, be defeated by the digital world?”