SHORTS

SILENCE IS GOLDEN (IL SILENZIO È D'ORO), 2002
Türkiye, İtalya | DCP, Siyah-Beyaz, 24’ | Türkçe
Cast: Cezmi Baskın, Sevda Aliyeva, Guido Zurli
Pirselimoğlu's second short film is a filmic essay. Shot in Italy, the film centers on a barber to explore the concepts of truth and lie, and the silences that separate them.


MY UNCLE (DAYIM), 1999
Türkiye | DCP, Color, 14’ | Turkish
Cast: Ahmet Uğurlu, Halil Tatari, Suna Tekeli
In Pirselimoğlu's first short film, which he adapted from a story in his book Tales from the Desert, a nephew learns of the death of his uncle, who has realized his dream of flying, in a letter 42 years after the fact.