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A short journey where one witnesses the disappointment and the ways of fighting and the surrender of two women in a broken down car.
Selected Festivals and Awards
Paris Art and Movie Awards | PAMA Fall Session, France (2022): Best Film
Paris Play Film Festival, France (2022): Best Short Film
Romania Short Film Factory (2022): Best Social Change Short Film Award
LA Independent Short Awards, USA (2022): Best First Time Director, Best Film of the Month (Runners-Up)
Canada Shorts Film Festival (2022): Award of Excellence
New Delhi Women Directors Film Carnival, India (2023): Best Short Film
International Women Filmmakers Festival (2023): National Best Short Film Award, SİYAD Best Short Film Award 2023
Selen ÖRCAN
Selen Örcan was born in 1994 in Izmir. She graduated from Dokuz Eylül University, Faculty of Fine Arts, Department of Performing Arts – Dramatic Writing in 2018. In 2016, she took part in the Kumbaracı50 Theater Community’s project named Pera's Time with her play The Last Song. She was in the script team of the short film The Embroidered Dress shot in 2017. The film won several national/international awards. Again in 2017, she did the dramaturgy of the play Shall We Walk to the End staged by Theater Diftong. In 2018, her play Meddah was selected for the workshop by the State Theaters dramaturg, and the play was included in the pool.
She took part in the story and script team of the documentary The Everwarm Bed, which was funded by the Turkish Ministry of Culture in 2019 and the shooting was completed as of May. In 2020, her first feature project named Unfruitful Times, which she screenwrote, was entitled to receive the Ministry of Culture First Feature Support Fund and North Macedonian Film Agency Co-Production Support.
- Year2022
- Runtime16 minutes
- CountryTurkey
- Subtitle LanguageEnglish
- AwardsParis Art and Movie Awards, France (2022): Best Film; Paris Play Film Festival, France (2022): Best Short Film; Romania Short Film Factory (2022): Best Social Change Short Film Award; LA Independent Short Awards, USA (2022): Best First Time Director, Best Film of the Month (Runners-Up); Canada Shorts Film Festival (2022): Award of Excellence; New Delhi Women Directors Film Carnival, India (2023): Best Short Film; International Women Filmmakers Festival (2023): National Best Short Film Award, SİYAD Best Short Film Award 2023
- NoteShort Film
- DirectorSelen Örcan
- ScreenwriterSelen Örcan
- ProducerSelen Örcan
- CastSelin Hasar, Zeynep Kızıltan, Mehmet Esen
- CinematographerEdze Ali
- EditorSezer Uçar
A short journey where one witnesses the disappointment and the ways of fighting and the surrender of two women in a broken down car.
Selected Festivals and Awards
Paris Art and Movie Awards | PAMA Fall Session, France (2022): Best Film
Paris Play Film Festival, France (2022): Best Short Film
Romania Short Film Factory (2022): Best Social Change Short Film Award
LA Independent Short Awards, USA (2022): Best First Time Director, Best Film of the Month (Runners-Up)
Canada Shorts Film Festival (2022): Award of Excellence
New Delhi Women Directors Film Carnival, India (2023): Best Short Film
International Women Filmmakers Festival (2023): National Best Short Film Award, SİYAD Best Short Film Award 2023
Selen ÖRCAN
Selen Örcan was born in 1994 in Izmir. She graduated from Dokuz Eylül University, Faculty of Fine Arts, Department of Performing Arts – Dramatic Writing in 2018. In 2016, she took part in the Kumbaracı50 Theater Community’s project named Pera's Time with her play The Last Song. She was in the script team of the short film The Embroidered Dress shot in 2017. The film won several national/international awards. Again in 2017, she did the dramaturgy of the play Shall We Walk to the End staged by Theater Diftong. In 2018, her play Meddah was selected for the workshop by the State Theaters dramaturg, and the play was included in the pool.
She took part in the story and script team of the documentary The Everwarm Bed, which was funded by the Turkish Ministry of Culture in 2019 and the shooting was completed as of May. In 2020, her first feature project named Unfruitful Times, which she screenwrote, was entitled to receive the Ministry of Culture First Feature Support Fund and North Macedonian Film Agency Co-Production Support.
- Year2022
- Runtime16 minutes
- CountryTurkey
- Subtitle LanguageEnglish
- AwardsParis Art and Movie Awards, France (2022): Best Film; Paris Play Film Festival, France (2022): Best Short Film; Romania Short Film Factory (2022): Best Social Change Short Film Award; LA Independent Short Awards, USA (2022): Best First Time Director, Best Film of the Month (Runners-Up); Canada Shorts Film Festival (2022): Award of Excellence; New Delhi Women Directors Film Carnival, India (2023): Best Short Film; International Women Filmmakers Festival (2023): National Best Short Film Award, SİYAD Best Short Film Award 2023
- NoteShort Film
- DirectorSelen Örcan
- ScreenwriterSelen Örcan
- ProducerSelen Örcan
- CastSelin Hasar, Zeynep Kızıltan, Mehmet Esen
- CinematographerEdze Ali
- EditorSezer Uçar