The Long & Short Of It I
Aries
Turkey, 2019, 14 minutes, Color, Turkish; Turkish closed captions
Director: Dila Bulut
Screenplay: Dila Bulut
Cinematography: Burak Kanbir
Editing: Dila Bulut
Music: Ajda Pekkan, Tan Güner
Production: DBU Films
Cast: Leyla Feray, Onur Gökhan Gökçek, Saim Karakale
Leyla can’t live her identity freely in her relationship until she reconnects with her femininity and breaks her boundaries after meeting a “drag queen” singer.
Wild Grass
Turkey, 2019, 11 minutes, Color, Turkish; Turkish closed captions
Director: Doğuş Minsin
Screenplay: Doğuş Minsin
Cinematography: C. Cihan Kırlı
Editing: İzel Özcan, Doğuş Minsin
Music: Deniz Balım
Cast: Gökay Türkmen, Arda Minsin, Zeynep Özneşeli, Gülsün Odabaş, Özgür Tosun
After painful experiences, Aytuğ has come to a breaking point in his life. Either he will deny the life which society offers for him and end his life, or he will choose to live as he wishes and stand out against society’s norms.
Witch Trilogy 13+
Turkey, 2019, 15 minutes, Color, No dialogue
2020 SİYAD Awards; Giovanni Scognamillo Best Fantastic Film 2019 FABİSAD GİO Awards; Best Short Film
Director: Ceylan Özgün Özçelik
Screenplay: Ceylan Özgün Özçelik
Cinematography: Gözde Koyuncu
Editing: Ceylan Özgün Özçelik
Music: Ekin Fil
Production: Filmada
Cast: Derya Pınar Ak, Tuğrul Tülek
A fourteen-year-old girl, communicates with a spider in a dark basement, without knowing the time and place.
Hello Africa
Turkey, 2020, 13 minutes, Color, Turkish; Turkish closed captions
2020 Houston FF; Gold Remi Award
Director: Hasan Serin
Screenplay: Hasan Serin
Cinematography: Umut Can Sevindik
Editing: Hasan Serin
Music: Mehmet Ali Hatipoğlu
Cast: Yağmur Korlaelçi, Şevval Elçi, Saadet Serin
Esma and Serpil are two girls living in a mountain village. Serpil tells Esma that she learned that African children were starving. Together, they embark on an exciting adventure from their home village to Africa in the early morning to save African children.
Destroy Yourself Only In Yourself
Turkey, 2020, 9 minutes, B&W, Turkish; Turkish closed captions
Director: Nihan Belgin
Screenplay: Nihan Belgin
Cinematography: Umut Beşkırma
Editing: Nihan Belgin
Music: Nihan Belgin
Production: kinemafilm
Cast: Nihan Belgin
The existence pains of a young woman who has to spend her time at home during the epidemic… An indefinite silence… An eternal time devoted to thinking… A black and white requiem...