Morî&nbsp;Short Film The only keepsake Morî has from his father is an audio recording of the fairy tale her father used to tell him. Morî listens to this story from time to time. One day, a new teacher arrives at school. The moment Morî sees the teacher, she mistakes them for her father. Morî 's insistence on this belief develops into an emotional connection between her and the teacher.

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Morî

BreathNefesShort Film Arif must care for his bedridden father, who suffers from diabetes. His lover's changing outlook on life forces Arif to choose between his father, who abandoned him, and his own pursuit of freedom.

Breath

The AppleSêvShort Film Zerya is a refugee woman in her 50s living in Paris. When she was only 22 years old, she had to leave her country because of the chemical gas thrown into the city of Halabja by Saddam Hussein on March 16, 1988. She has lived in France for 30 years. Visiting a painting exhibition in Paris, Zerya said, "This is not an apple," from Magritte's Betrayal of Images series. This painting reveals Zerya's past traumas. Zerya establishes both a historical and aesthetic relationship between the "apple with cloves", which expresses love in Kurdish mythology, the smell of apples in the gas used in the massacre, and Magritte's painting. She expresses the relationship of the painting with its own tragedy in a different performance.

The Apple

Chicken Broth SoupTavuk Suyuna Çorba Short Film While examining the corpse of a man who was said to have died of a heart attack during an autopsy, the doctor encounters an unusual symptom. He decides to send the body to forensic medicine. Following this, the man's wife confesses to poisoning her husband, who had been periodically abusing her. The doctor, who must now make a decision about the woman, faces a surprise at the end of the day.

Chicken Broth Soup

A Taxi in the Middle of the NightGecenin Ortasında Bir TaksiShort Film Ahmet, a taxi driver, picks up a transgender woman one night. The woman immediately recognizes her old friend, Ahmet, but Ahmet is unable to identify her. They engage in a guessing game to see if Ahmet can figure out who she is.

A Taxi in the Middle of the Night

The ShellKabukShort Film Leyla (28) is a young painter who has been exposed to male violence and has locked herself in the house for a while. The wounds and stitches on her face are about to recover; however, Leyla is not able to tackle with the impacts of the trauma she went through and isolates herself from life. A series of unexpected events take place when she dumps out her self-portrait which reminds her of the times she was happy and therefore cannot bear seeing it anymore. Leyla has to confront the truth and make a choice.

The Shell

While Looking at My FlowersÇiçeklerime BakarkenShort Film Having grown up enduring a difficult childhood in the village, Zehra is brought to Istanbul by her cousin to pursue her education. As she begins sharing the apartment with her cousin's friend, Sevilay, Zehra becomes suspicious of the odd occurrences and the frequent comings and goings.

While Looking at My Flowers

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