Children of the White Mountain

Yalcin Ciftci | TURKEY | 2023 | 20 min

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We are at a village school in Anatolia in a cold and snowy winter. The village school in the cemetery contains many mysteries.

Emma

Merve KUŞ MATARACI | TURKEY, UNITED KINGDOM | 2022 | 29 min

It is about the life of British Emma, ​​who is engaged in animal husbandry and agriculture, in her village in Turkey, and the inspiring 'deep bond' she establishes with nature.

When Emma is a high school student in England, she and her girlfriend run away from school to a wedding. This escapade changes her destiny when she falls in love with Turk Mehmet, whom she saw at the wedding. When Mehmet, an illegal immigrant, is deported, Emma follows him to Turkey.

She lives in Sarılar village with Mehmet and her 8 children. Emma, while adapting to her life, focuses on the struggle of being a foreign woman and a mother in the circle of financial difficulties.
 

In Due Time

Murat YÜKSEL | TURKEY | 2022 | 15 min

The quartz and feldspar mines located in the southeast of Aydın's Çine district harm public health and ecological structure. Workers employed without job security come down with lung diseases. Approximately six thousand workers work in twenty-five mining companies in the area. On the other hand, the most common disease is silicosis. While health impaired people have been struggling for life in agony for many years, it is stated that at least fifty workers have passed away so far. The director interviewed villagers, workers, health professionals, environmentalists and representatives of the professional chambers; and also imaged the encountered events and ecocide.

Minik, My Mother's Short Story

Mert Inan | TURKEY | 2023 | 8 min

My mother was taken out of school with excitement when she was just in the first grade and was sent to religious courses at the mosque. Forced by family pressure to attend the mosque until the age of 13, my mother later moved to a new neighborhood, where she was able to take external exams thanks to a teacher, and she completed her interrupted story by herself, finally obtaining her elementary school diploma. "Minik, Annemin Kısa Öyküsü" is the story of my mother's childhood, what she experienced, thought, and felt, as she narrates it to me in conversation.

Summer Holiday

Mehtap Samiloglu | TURKEY | 2023 | 15 min

Beritan is 13 years old. He lives with his mother. His father goes to Istanbul to earn money as a construction worker during the summer months. Beritan is the child who wants to support her family and takes cows to graze in exchange for money. Beritan talks about the burden-some conditions in the village and how they spend their summer holidays with his family.
One day, he expresses his desire to become a veterinarian and dedicate himself to animals, to buy back her horse, Kartopu, which he had to sell due to hardship of financial during the pandemic, and to set an example for his friends with his beautiful words.

The Birth Of Kennedy

Gülben Arıcı | TURKEY | 2022 | 16 min

The spirit of the American President John F. Kennedy, who was assassinated in 1963, resurrects in Mahmut Haklıgör's body. The entire neighborhood sincerely believes that he is Kennedy. Kennedy Mahmut is currently a vegetable transporter and also plays the organ at weddings. The perspective of the director's neighborhood and his colleagues on this reincarnation event and Mahmut Bey's colorful life are the subject of the documentary.The story is told in a natural language and from a participant-observer perspective. The documentary "The Birth of Kennedy" is about Mahmut Bey's journey to becoming a Kennedy and the stance of his people on this journey.