Istanbul Modern Cinema celebrates the shortest month of the year with short films from Turkey. Free of market conditions, a short film is a format that allows more exploration, and one that can exist as an independent field of research. “Future is Short”, which will be screened online and free of charge, consists of two sections. The first section is a continuation of the “Count Us In!” program, and includes 18 short films that range from animations to documentaries and drama films produced in Turkey last year. The second section is a selection titled “Voicing Voices” consisting of 12 short films that were produced as part of the “BAK: Revealing the City through Memory” program co-implemented by Anadolu Kültür and Diyarbakır Arts Center. As part of the program, the film directors will also be meeting with the audience.
Each film will be available for viewing between the dates and times indicated in the program. During that period you can register to view the film.
THE DIAMOND SEA (AKINTI), 2021
Turkey | HDD, Black & White, 18’ | Turkish
Director: Arda Ekşigil
Cast: İpek Türktan, Ali Seçkiner, Mustafa Uzunyılmaz
SAME NIGHT DIFFERENT BLUE (AYNI GECENİN LACİVERTİ), 2021
Turkey | HDD, Color, 15’ | Turkish
Director: Nuri Cihan Özdoğan
Cast: Vildan Atasever, Engin Yüksel, Burak Şafak
THE BALCONY AND OUR DREAMS (BALKON VE BİZİM RÜYALAR), 2021
Turkey | HDD, Color, 13’ | Turkish
Cast: Aylin Kuryel
THE FLAG (BAYRAK), 2021
Turkey | HDD, Color, 13’ | Turkish
Director: Pınar Göktaş
Cast: Pınar Göktaş, Alican Yücesoy, Ahmet Yaşar
SCREAM FOR ICE (BUZ İÇİN ÇIĞLIK), 2021
Turkey | HDD, Color, 4’ | No Dialogue
Director: Emir Aytemür
LAKESHORE (GÖL KENARI), 2021 |
THE SECOND NIGHT (İKİNCİ GECE), 2020
Turkey | HDD, Color, 18’ | Turkish
Director: Ali Tansu Turhan
Cast: Ushan Çakır, Damla Sönmez, Onur Ünsal
THE CROWD (KALABALIK), 2020
Turkey | HDD, Color, 6’ | No Dialogue
Director: Recep Akar
Cast: Gülnara Golovina
KAUAI, 2021
Turkey | HDD, Color, 9’ | No Dialogue
Cast: Aysun Karaosman
THE BOULDER (KAYA), 2021
Turkey | HDD, Color, 15’ | Turkish
Director: Okan Avcı
Cast: Muttalip Müjdeci, Beren Soysal
VOICING VOICES
“Voicing Voices” consists of films produced by 12 women from Diyarbakır, Mardin and Batman between 2020-2021, and is part of “BAK: Revealing the City” program organized by Anadolu Kültür and Diyarbakır Arts Center and supported by Institut Français. Since 2012, the programhas been supporting the visual production of young storytellers and aims to create collective production and screening spaces as well as photography and video workshops.
DISTANCES (MESAFELER), 2021
Turkey | HDD, Color, 14’ | Turkish
Director: Efe Subaşı
Cast: Öyküsu Özyürek, Akant Çetin, Nicolas Jakubiak
MOSAIC (MOZAİK), 2020
Belgium, Turkey | HDD, Color, 15’ | No Dialogue
Directors: İmge Özbilge, Sine Özbilge
OĞLAGO, 2020
Turkey | HDD, Color, 7’ | Ukranian
Director: Efe Öztezdoğan
PARANOIA! (PARANOYA!), 2021
Turkey | HDD, Color, 10’ | Turkish
Director: Dilek Külekçi
Cast: Funda Kadioglu, Esra Isguzar, Sebnem Dilligil
PLASTIC DREAM (PLASTİK RÜYA), 2021 |
I’LL LEAVE YOU TWO ALONE (SİZ BİRAZ UZAK KALDINIZ), 2021
Turkey | HDD, Color, 22’ | Turkish
Director: Elif Refiğ
Cast: Nezaket Erden, Nazlı Bulum, Aykut Sezgi Mengi
THE CRIMINALS (SUÇLULAR), 2021
Turkey, France, Romania | HDD, Color, 23’ | Turkish
Director: Serhat Karaaslan
Cast: Deniz Altan, Lorin Merhart, Erdem Şenocak
SUSAM, 2021
Turkey | HDD, Color, 18’ | Turkish
Director: Sami Morhayim
Cast: Fatih Al, Feri Baycu Güler, İzzet Bana