Things I Learned at 3030 Yaşında Öğrendiğim ŞeylerDocumentary Everyone has a moment of explosive coincidence in their life when they need to pause and reflect. Each coincidence brings with it a new set of questions and new beginnings. The path of graffiti artist Hasan Alveroğlu, aka Chek, is shaped by similar coincidences. Chek, whose career is based on abandoned spaces, has to say goodbye to the place he has been painting for years at a time when he is psychologically collapsing. This farewell due to the loss of traces of abandonment pushes him to search for a new place. In this search, he enters into a process he never expected and drifts to Lebanon. In Lebanon, Hassan witnesses the 'famous' explosion that has a profound impact on life and witnesses this destruction that he will never forget for the rest of his life. But this destruction also leads him to meet himself again in the place where he was dragged. This meeting, which influences his art, will provide him with a deep-rooted teaching from coincidences, and will also be the force that pushes him to rethink the things he learned at the age of 30.

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Things I Learned at 30

The Good Deathİyi ÖlümDocumentary In the medical literature, a good death is one that respects the individual's privacy and sensitivity, addresses their emotional, spiritual, and religious needs and wishes, and allows sufficient time for farewells. Founded in 2007, the Wish Ambulance Foundation continues its efforts to ensure that terminally ill patients with limited time can experience a 'good' death. Today, the foundation fulfills the last wishes of people of all ages facing imminent death. Frank Halter, a retired police officer who volunteers for the foundation in The Netherlands, has been involved in this voluntary work for 6 years. The Good Death focuses on the last wishes of Wim Beuving, a terminally ill man with limited time remaining, and his encounter with Frank Halter, who volunteers to make these wishes a reality.

The Good Death

Hopes from the TreeAğaçtan UmutlarDocumentary Hosyar Ali Hasan was born and raised in Halabja in Northern Iraq. During the Iraq-Iran War, which lasted between 1980-88, millions of mines were laid on the Iranian border. Hosyar Ali loses both legs while clearing mines, but he continues to collect mines every day. Hosyar Ali collected 2,600,000 mines in 28 years. Uncle Hussein lives in Merivan, Iran. Hussein has been smuggling for years on the border of Iran and Iraq to support his family. However, due to an incident he experienced, he quit smuggling and opened a workshop and started making prosthetic feet for those who lost their feet in the mine. Many people still come to Uncle Hüseyin from distant lands of both countries and have prosthetic feet made for him. Huseyin Uncle's customers prefer prosthetic feet made of wood, which he carved with simple tools, instead of prosthetic feet made of plastic and modern technology.

Hopes from the Tree

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