PROGRAM 5

THINGS UNHEARD OF (SERPÊHATİYÊN NEQEWİMÎ), 2023
Türkiye | DCP, Color, 16’ | Turkish, Kurdish
Director: Ramazan Kılıç
Cast: Elanur Kılıç, Reyhan Kılıç, Sükran Aktı

In a small village in Eastern Anatolia, 10-year-old Sêvin tries to make her grandmother smile after her only window to the world, the television, disappears.

CHILDREN OF THE WHITE MOUNTAIN (BEYAZ DAĞIN ÇOCUKLARI), 2023
Türkiye | DCP, Color, 20’ | Turkish
Director: Yalçın Çiftçi

The film transports us to a village school nestled within the cemetery's secrets during a chilling Anatolian winter.

GAME, INTERRUPTED (OYUNBOZAN), 2023
Türkiye | DCP, Color, 20’ | Turkish
Director: İlayda İşeri
Cast: Bahar Sare Vural, Mustafa Enis Bilir, Zeynep Kılınç

The film follows the games played by two siblings during their school break in an apartment in Ankara in February 1979, until their mother returns from work.

BYE BYE TURTLE (ADIEU TORTUE), 2024
Türkiye | DCP, Color, 24’ | Turkish
Director: Selin Öksüzoğlu
Cast: Nursema Çepni, Meltem Ünel, Neriman Çilingiroğlu

İnci's mother passes away, leaving her alone by the Black Sea. She meets Zeynep, who has returned after years, and they embark on a journey, walking from dawn till dusk.