2013, 11’, Documentary
This is a personal story about a nationwide uprising, the Occupy Gezi movement in Turkey, in the summer of 2013. More of an open letter than a documentary, this movie tries to show how Turkish youth say “No!” to the despotic regime and the police brutality.
Written & Edited & Directed & Produced by: Şirin Bahar Demirel
Original Music: Tolga Gürpınar
Sound: Mehmet Eren Bozbaş
Narrator: Tuğçe Kanbur
Images: Found footage & Şirin Bahar Demirel
Selected Screenings and Awards
– Best Documentary Award at the 8th River Film Festival, Padua, Italy, 2014
– Special Jury Award at the 22nd International ContraVision Film Festival, Berlin, Germany, 2014
– PhoneDox Award at ZagrebDox International Documentary Film Festival, Zagreb, Croatia, 2014
– 3rd Best Short Documentary Award at the 20th IFSAK National Short Film Festival, Istanbul, Turkey, 2014
– American Documentary Film Festival, California, USA, 2015
– 31st Kassel Documentary Film and Video Festival, Germany, 2014
– DokuFest, Prizren, Kosovo, 2014
– 30th FESTROIA International Film Festival, Portugal, 2014
– 14th Beirut International Film Festival, Lebanon, 2014
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