23rd Boston Turkish Film Festival

SHORT FILMS 1 - Special Mentions

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SPECIAL MENTION

Boston Turkish Festival's 18th Documentary & Short Film Competition (2023)



A short journey where one witnesses the disappointment and the ways of fighting and the surrender of two women in a broken down car.

 


Selen ÖRCAN

 

Selen Örcan (Izmir, 1994) 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.

  • Year
    2022
  • Runtime
    16 minutes
  • Country
    Turkey
  • Subtitle Language
    English
  • Awards
    Boston Turkish Festival's 18th Documentary & Short Film Competition (2023): Special Mention; Paris 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
  • Note
    Short Film
  • Director
    Selen Örcan
  • Screenwriter
    Selen Örcan
  • Producer
    Selen Örcan
  • Cast
    Selin Hasar, Zeynep Kızıltan, Mehmet Esen
  • Cinematographer
    Edze Ali
  • Editor
    Sezer Uçar