The Long & Short Of It
Golden Shot
Turkey, 2015, 9 minutes, Color, No Dialogue
2015 Golden Plane FF; Best Animated Short Wimbledon Short FF; Best Animated Short Harlem FF; Best Animation
Director: Gökalp Gönen
Screenplay: Gökalp Gönen
Cinematography: Gökalp Gönen
Editing: Gökalp Gönen
Rusty machines living in their small houses, imagine that the sun will come and take them to the sky someday. A small light, keeps them alive and dreaming. But one of the machines wants to see the sun itself and he has a plan for that.
Mother Virgin No More
Turkey, 2015, 8 minutes, Color, Turkish
Director: Derya Durmaz
Screenplay: Derya Durmaz
Cinematography: Meryem Yavuz
Editing: Deniz Çizmeci
Production: Giyotin Film, Cubu Film
Cast: Nazan Kesal, Nazlı Bulum
A white ceiling, with a long white florescent light that keeps flickering, takes a young woman down memory lane… She recalls her old habit, laughing when nervous. Sitting right across the young woman is her loving and protective mother. But when an unexpected truth about the young woman is revealed to the mother, will this caring relationship remain pure and untainted?
Hurşit
Turkey, 2015, 8 minutes, Color, Turkish
Director: Selcen Yılmazoğlu
Screenplay: Selcen Yılmazoğlu
Cinematography: İlkay Isik
Editing: Mahir Birav
Production: 3 Films
Cast: Mutlucan Kahveci, Hakan Yildiz, Leyla Uner Ermaya, Adem Yavuz Özata
Hurşit lives with his mother and disabled brother in Cappadocia. He realizes that what he learns at Quran lessons and how the life goes on around him differ from each other. He, then, figures out that just as children can learn the concepts of goodness and tolerance from their elderly, they can learn that of hatred and grudge from them too. His only purpose is to be a good person without being affected by prejudice and discrimination.
Hüvelbaki
Turkey, 2015, 14 minutes, Color,Turkish
Director: Süleyman Arslan
Screenplay: Süleyman Arslan
Cinematography: Fatih Yılmaz
Editing: Efe Mert Kaya
Music: Cem Yılmazer
Production: Süleyman Arslan
Cast: Enis Aybar, Murat Tüzün, Necip Memili, Onur Ünsal
Three brothers take their father’s body from the 7th floor to the ground floor with the help of a funeral director.
Black Sea
Turkey, 2015, 27 minutes, Color, Turkish
Director: Ulaş Karaoğlu
Screenplay: Ulaş Karaoğlu
Cinematography: Ali Cihan Yılmaz
Editing: Güney Sokullu
Music: Özgür Kuşakoğlu, Cem Yazıcı
Production: UkArt Productions
Cast: Ali Atilla Şendil, Bülent Emin Yarar, Mehmet Avdan, İbrahim Gündoğan,
Fehmi Karaarslan, Özgün Akaçça
A group of 5 people who are the leaders of a revolutionary movement is forced to leave the country after an act they realized. They manage to arrange a fisher boat with which they plan to flee to Bulgaria from Turkey via the Black Sea. This difficult and dangerous journey results in the questioning of themselves and the persistence of their organisation.
The Jungle
Turkey, 2015, 14 minutes, Color, Turkish
Director: Onur Saylak Doğu Yaşar Akal
Screenplay: Hakan Günday, Onur Saylak, Doğu Yaşar Akal
Cinematography: Feza Çaldıran
Editing: Ali Aga
Music: Uygur Yiğit
Production: Ziya Cemre Kutluay
Cast: Selim Bayraktar, Muhammed Uzuner, Tuba Büyüküstün, Mustafa Uğurlu, Mavi Mercan
In the heart of Istanbul, the forest of nothingness and a mega city, Omar and his daughter struggle for their lives after fleeing the war in Syria. In this city witnessing all the sorrows and pleasures of the world, Omar, who was once a Public Works officer in his homeland, starts living like a beggar and tries to build his life on an utter obscurity.
Tuesday
France, Turkey, 2015, 12 minutes, Color, Turkish
2016 Turkish Film Critics Association Awards; Best Short Film Istanbul Short FF; Short Film Jury Special Award 2015 Malatya FF; Best Short Film
Director: Ziya Demirel
Screenplay: Ziya Demirel, Buket Coskuner
Cinematography: Meryem Yavuz
Editing: Henrique Cartaxo
Production: Istos Film, Origine Films
Cast: Melis Balaban, Zeki Ocak, Yonca Hiç, Can Karaçaylı, Artun Özsemerciyan, Başar Sayın, Çağdaş Ekin Şişman
The film focuses on an ordinary school day for a 15 years old girl, Aslı in Istanbul and her encounters with three different men as she goes to school, plays basketball and takes a bus on the way home.