PROGRAM 1

MORİ, 2024
Türkiye | DCP, Color, 19’ | Turkish, Kurdish
Director: Yakup Tekintangaç
Cast: Hayrunnisa Akbaş, Ozan Çelik, S. Emrah Özdemir
The film, which had its world premiere at the 70th Oberhausen Short Film Festival, follows Mori, a young girl whose father left behind only an audio recording of a fairy tale he once told her. One day, a new teacher arrives at school. As soon as Mori sees him, he believes he is her father.

ABSENT (NOKSAN), 2024
Türkiye | DCP, Color, 23’ | Turkish
Director: Cem Demirer
Cast: Haydar Şahin, Şencan Aslan, Barış Yılmaz Gündüz
The film, which had its world premiere in the Critics' Week section of the Cannes Film Festival, is about Mert, who works in an abandoned amusement park. The film explores his search for identity and meaning through his encounters with the people and strange beings around him.

HOME COOKING (AÇ AÇINA), 2024
Türkiye | DCP, Color, 14’ | Turkish
Director: Ahmet Togaç
Cast: Ece Bağcı, Ömer Gökay Şanlıer, Nalan Kuruçim
Selma, a teenage girl, dreams of making pizza at home and going to an amusement park with her mother and little brother for her father's birthday. But her enthusiasm fades quickly when she learns that her father will be late.

FORESKIN (MÜKEMMEL), 2024
Türkiye | DCP, Color, 18' | Turkish
Director: Ece Dizdar
Cast: Özlem Öçalmaz, Serdar Orçin, Ayşenil Şamlıoğlu
Just two days after giving birth, Azra is pressured by her husband, mother-in-law, doctors, and society to have her newborn son circumcised, but she instinctively tries to protect her baby.