Zeynep Dadak

Her First

Merve Bozcu, Su Baloğlu

Nisan Dağ, Yeşim Ustaoğlu

Two film school graduates intimidated by the gender stereotypes that pervade film industry decide to make a documentary to explore the issue. The two women spend two years shooting, make 5000 kilometers, talk to established women directors and record every moment of this journey of discovery and self-discovery. But the real journey is just about to begin.

Ah Gözel İstanbul

Zeynep Dadak

Sezgi Mengi

The same route after three and a half centuries... A creative documentary following the footsteps of the Ottoman-Armenian intellectual and traveler Eremya Celebi Komurciyan into the cosmopolitan Istanbul of the 17th century. Long before the invention of cinema, Komurciyan situates himself as a subject who observes the city of Istanbul as if he had a camera in hand. Borrowing Komurciyan’s timeless cine-eye, we delve into contemporary Istanbul to capture what is “inaccessible to the human eye” through the remnants of his route.

Bu Sahilde

Merve Kayan, Zeynep Dadak

The film reflects on the nature of vacation, as it is a transformed version of reality, the fantastical counterpart to winter.

Şimdi Herkes

Merve Kayan, Zeynep Dadak

Pınar Fidan, Lemi Filozof

A sunny day at the Archery Club. A play within a play within a play... Taking a break from the practice, five friends play “Wink Murder”. Strategy, intuition and luck – each has its own moment of triumph. Which one’s the hardest? Proving one’s innocence or hiding one’s guilt?

Mavi dalga

Merve Kayan, Zeynep Dadak

Ayris Alptekin, Onur Saylak

Deniz and her friends, who have been apart for the summer, have much to tell each other. While adults are busy with their professional lives, Deniz and her friends are still confused about their university plans. Through the worries of their daily routines, they make plans for the future, yet the challenges of teenage years/adolescence are burdensome. Deniz desires a life that is different than the ideals of her friends. A song nobody has heard of, a hopeless love, solitude. A different world, but where exactly?

For the Record: The World Tribunal on Iraq

Başak Ertür, Alisa Lebow

A document of the momentous culmination of a series of world tribunals held in 30 cities around the world, providing testimonials of the war crimes committed by the US and it’s allies in the war in Iraq. This culminating session was held in Istanbul in 2006.

Elope

Merve Kayan, Zeynep Dadak

Elope is the story of a sorrowful, half human and half donkey adolescent. During the journey he takes from the city into nature, he is accompanied by his mother, his mother’s morning coffee friends, plastic birds, real horses and "kim ki o"…