The Great İstanbul Depression
Japan, Turkey, 2020, 20 minutes, Color, Turkish; Turkish captioned, English subtitled
2020 SİYAD Awards; Best Short Film Bosphorus FF; Young Talent Award
Director: Zeynep Dilan Süren
Screenplay: Zeynep Dilan Süren
Cinematography: Deniz Eyüboğlu
Editing: Doruk Kaya, Yankı Akoğlu, Selda Taşkın
Production: Luna Films
Cast: Nazlı Bulum, Kübra Balcan, Şebnem Hassanisoughi
Didem and Ayşe aren’t able to find a job even though it has been a while since they've graduated from the university. In this time period in which these two young women step into adulthood and need to make money now - this period of time that is short for humanity, but lingering for them - the days are not much different from the previous ones.