Debris Was A Thickening Wall

Film festival programmer Feyza wants to select a film directed by her ex-girlfriend, Berfin Aslantürk, entitled “Debris Was A Thickening Wall”. The main character of the film – a Kurdish man named Cano – was caught up in the earthquake in Hatay in 2023, spending days under the rubble. Feyza struggles to convince her film festival colleagues to select the film. But after she eventually overcomes one hurdle, something else stands in her way… This story is loosely based on the events that happened at Antalya Film Festival in 2023, where the censorship of a documentary caused the entire festival to be cancelled. 14 minutes narrative fiction. World Premiere: Bolton International Film Festival, UK, 2025 Also shown at Izmir International…

I Remember When I Was A Window

A collection of meditative journeys through the former Yugoslavia, loosely following the footsteps of travel writer Rebecca West. Consisting of a series of fixed-frame tableaux, the films present seemingly random glimpses of everyday life that at times border on magic realism and the absurd. Removed from the narrow Balkanist gazes and often-told narratives of ancient ethnic hatreds associated with political commentary on the region, the lived landscapes of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the intertwined stories of a hypnotist and a swimmer are central in Frame One.…

Application Process

Locked in a mind-numbing marriage, elderly Alma wants husband Gustav to leave the confines of his ‘safe-space’ bathtub and apply to reach a higher level of existence, known as the Scintillating Intelligence. To do this, Gustav must re-enact memories from his life, that each elicit one of six pure human emotions: pleasantness, unpleasantness, arousal, subduing, stress and relaxation. Only after performing these memories to a mysterious god, known as the Monad, will he find out if he’s reached his goal. But first he must practise; Alma hires an acting coach to help him do just that. World Premiere: FIC Autor Guadalajara, Mexico, 2024. Winner of Best Experimental Feature Film.…