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The Chest

The Chest - 2004

— 50 min min - Documentary
Number: 25
Show: Sunday 12 November, 19:30, Viktoriasalen
Director:  Ahu Özturk
Stars:  —

Storyline

"Gulistan" is detained by the policemen of the Mardin Security Department in Turkey and raped several times. She can no longer keep silent against this situation, lasting for years. She wants to clean herself and bring her bad memories into the sunlight she kept in her chest during her childhood, youth, and maturity. This documentary is to deliver the things that got out of this chest.

Collections: EFF-23
Genres: Documentary

Details

Country:  Turkey
Language:  Turkish, English text

Company Credits

Production Companies:  Mesepotamia Cinema Collective, Culture Center

Technical Specs

Runtime:  0 h 50 min

Tearing Walls Down

Tearing Walls Down - 2023

— 50 min min - Documentary
Number: 21
Show: Saturday 11 November, 21:30, Hagabion Sal 1
Director:  Hebun Polat, Şerif Çiçek
Stars:  —

Storyline

In Turkey, opposition politicians who oppose the state apparatus face violence, agitation, and repression, and they are being dismissed, persecuted, and imprisoned. Since November 4, 2016, When Erdoğan's AKP party came to power, hundreds of opposition politicians have been jailed or forced into exile to silence them. This film shows the struggle of four Kurdish women politicians, Figen Yüksekdağ, Gültan Kışanak, Aysel Tuğluk, and Sibel Yiğitalp, whose "Crime" was to fight for a hopeful and pluralistic world against an anti-democratic government.

Collections: EFF-23
Genres: Documentary

Details

Country:  Germany,  Turkey
Language:  Kurdish, English text

Company Credits

Production Companies:  —

Technical Specs

Runtime:  0 h 50 min

Jîn / Life

Jîn / Life - 2012

— 122 min min - Fiction
Number: 10
Show: Thursday 16 November, 18:30, Bio Roy
Director:  Reha Erdem
Writers:  Reha Erdem (screenplay)
Stars:  Deniz Hasgüler, Onur Ünsal, Yildirim Simsek, …

Storyline

Jîn, a guerrilla, lives in a cave and decides to escape from the organization. She finds some civilian clothes and goes down from the mountain to the city. However, the city is no safer than the mountain.

Collections: EFF-23
Genres: Fiction

Details

Country:  Turkey
Language:  Turkish, Kurdish, English text

Company Credits

Production Companies:  —

Technical Specs

Runtime:  2 h 02 min

Fifteenth Person

Fifteenth Person - 2023

— 47 min min - Documentary
Number: 5
Show: Saturday 11 November, 21:30, Viktoriasalen | Sunday 12 November, 19:30, Viktoriasalen
Director:  Alireza Behbahani
Stars:  —

Storyline

This documentary is focused on a ten-day part of the life of Shahla Entesari, a women's activist and a political activist, and shows her mood during the Mahsa Amini(Jina) Revolution. Shahla Entesari is one of the signatories of Statement 14, and in Iran, for signing That statement, she has been sentenced to 7 years in prison. During one of his vacations, he immigrated to Turkey illegally and continues living in Sivas under security measures.

Collections: EFF-23
Genres: Documentary

Details

Country:  Turkey
Language:  Persian, English text

Company Credits

Production Companies:  Vistor Film

Technical Specs

Runtime:  0 h 47 min