OUR ONLY HOME: Bayram is currently a Master of Arts student in Cinema and Television in Aydın Adnan Menderes University. He completed his Bachelor’s Degree in Radio Television and Cinema in the same university in 2020. In 2016 he completed another degree in Radio-Television in Giresun University. He was born in Erzincan Turkey on 11th October 1995. He completed the primary and secondary schools in Erzincan. He creates Fiction and Documentary movies. His movies appeared in international film festivals.As an independent director he focusses on social issues and minorities. His last movie in 2020 Our Only Home raised the voices of ostracized Afro Turks.
HENT WARD: Morad is an Egyptian Director, born in 1988 in Cairo. He studied Film directing in “Cinema Palace” in 2008 and other filmmaking workshops. He works in the filmmaking industry since 2010 as an assistant director with several directors as “Mohamed Diab", "Hala Khalil" in Nawara, and "Sherif Elbendary" in “Ali the Goat and Ibrahim”, he directed his first short film “Ward’s Henna Party” in 2019- World Premiere at Clermont Ferrand 2020
Director Statement
As I was looking for a subject to do my first short film, I was interested in writing a film with a human and social dimension, talking about real people within their real environment; reflecting and capturing the moments in their "time and place" to observe what Egyptian society is experiencing now, where congestion and polarization has increased, violence, anger, and everyone is in conflict with one another for the slightest reason and something very simple may turn into a battle where the two parties deal with it as a matter of survival.
I chose the main character to be a non-Egyptian one; as Egypt is not at all a small country and lots of other nationalities and refugees live in Egypt; from there I looked for a place and an event where we can put this character with the Egyptian main characters to achieve one goal within a very social framework surrounded by Egyptian rituals and social customs stemming from a poor Egyptian family of flesh and blood living in a simple house in a very local area near the Pyramids of Giza while preparing a bride for her wedding and having a Henna party. Within this simple house now we have two ancient and completely different cultures; one of them is original Sudanese culture and the other a popular Egyptian culture.
I have always been impressed by the dramatic escalation that explodes through a simple daily event and is like a big stone thrown into still water; following that hidden social and human conflict between the characters surfaces as it was escalating through the events of the film such as snowball getting bigger till it turn into a disaster. This is exactly what I was looking for in this film; how could this house that was full of trills of happiness and music and dancing turns into screaming and fighting and crying! Especially when the main incident that lead to this is “unseen” and by this I mean when “Basma”-The bride- falls in the bathroom and breaks her leg, and that opens up a wider space for questions about a conflict between an all in all defeated people; a cruel conflict on a human level where you can sympathize with both parties at once, and then finally leave you wondering!
Henna painting is a well known profession in Egypt; especially in marriages and pre marriage ceremonies. Most of the professionals in this profession are the “Sudanese women” who fled their country escaping the hard economic circumstances; they come here to paint joy on the hands of the Egyptian girls through Henna in return for money; therefore I wanted the narration in the film to be between the documentary and narrative; for that I used a 35mm lens which is the normal lens to shoot the whole film and reinforce its realistic narration also the main character has to be a real character not an actress; a true henna painter like “Halima” and “Ward” her daughter.
WE HAVE NO COLORS: Andrea Corazza IS only 19 years old and spend his life thinking about how to help people and society. I have always written. I have always produced. I like to provoke and talk about society's problems in the form of videos or photos. Now I'm studying but I hope one day to be able to bring my art and my way of thinking to an audience
Afro Turks were brought to the Ottoman Empire as a labour force in farms earliest in 15th and mostly in the 19th century from Africa. Afro Turks were employed as a labourer in Aegean regions farms and placed in the countryside. Afro Turks received Turkish Citizenship after the proclamation of the republic. They identify themselves as Arabic, Black Turks or Afro Turks. It is estimated to have a population of 5 to 10 thousands of Afro Turks, there is nothing inherited from Africa other than their skin colour. The documentary covers the life experiences of Afro Turks, social difficulties, exclusion and racial discrimination. It presents the society's perspective, daily experiences and memories. Afro Turks are bothered by the use of insulting language and disturbed by people gazing and sneering. They are one of the minority group in Turkey, ignored, underrepresented, silent, and living as if never existed. They wish to have acceptance in society and more recognition.
- Year2021
- Runtime20 minutes
- LanguageTurkish
- CountryTurkey
- PremiereNorth American
- RatingG
- NoteBayram is currently a Master of Arts student in Cinema and Television in Aydın Adnan Menderes University. He completed his Bachelor’s Degree in Radio Television and Cinema in the same university in 2020. In 2016 he completed another degree in Radio-Television in Giresun University. He was born in Erzincan Turkey on 11th October 1995. He completed the primary and secondary schools in Erzincan. He creates Fiction and Documentary movies. His movies appeared in international film festivals.As an independent director he focusses on social issues and minorities. His last movie in 2020 Our Only Home raised the voices of ostracized Afro Turks. In documantary, we wanted to tell the story of the people who were alienated, the people who struggle to be accepted, to be recognized. This is actually a universal issue, I believe it is a personal responsibility to tell these issues somehow.
- DirectorBayram Küçük
- ScreenwriterBayram Küçük
- ProducerBayram Küçük
- Co-ProducerKubilay Ahmet Küçük
- FilmmakerBayram Küçük
- CastNurullah Aydınoğlu Cennet Aydınoğlu Ahmet Aydınoğlu Zehra Aydınoğlu Ayşe Ürümlü Şükriye İletmiş Esat Sezer Hatice Doğuluer Ahmet Sezer Şakir Doğuluer
- CinematographerBayram Küçük
- EditorBayram Küçük
OUR ONLY HOME: Bayram is currently a Master of Arts student in Cinema and Television in Aydın Adnan Menderes University. He completed his Bachelor’s Degree in Radio Television and Cinema in the same university in 2020. In 2016 he completed another degree in Radio-Television in Giresun University. He was born in Erzincan Turkey on 11th October 1995. He completed the primary and secondary schools in Erzincan. He creates Fiction and Documentary movies. His movies appeared in international film festivals.As an independent director he focusses on social issues and minorities. His last movie in 2020 Our Only Home raised the voices of ostracized Afro Turks.
HENT WARD: Morad is an Egyptian Director, born in 1988 in Cairo. He studied Film directing in “Cinema Palace” in 2008 and other filmmaking workshops. He works in the filmmaking industry since 2010 as an assistant director with several directors as “Mohamed Diab", "Hala Khalil" in Nawara, and "Sherif Elbendary" in “Ali the Goat and Ibrahim”, he directed his first short film “Ward’s Henna Party” in 2019- World Premiere at Clermont Ferrand 2020
Director Statement
As I was looking for a subject to do my first short film, I was interested in writing a film with a human and social dimension, talking about real people within their real environment; reflecting and capturing the moments in their "time and place" to observe what Egyptian society is experiencing now, where congestion and polarization has increased, violence, anger, and everyone is in conflict with one another for the slightest reason and something very simple may turn into a battle where the two parties deal with it as a matter of survival.
I chose the main character to be a non-Egyptian one; as Egypt is not at all a small country and lots of other nationalities and refugees live in Egypt; from there I looked for a place and an event where we can put this character with the Egyptian main characters to achieve one goal within a very social framework surrounded by Egyptian rituals and social customs stemming from a poor Egyptian family of flesh and blood living in a simple house in a very local area near the Pyramids of Giza while preparing a bride for her wedding and having a Henna party. Within this simple house now we have two ancient and completely different cultures; one of them is original Sudanese culture and the other a popular Egyptian culture.
I have always been impressed by the dramatic escalation that explodes through a simple daily event and is like a big stone thrown into still water; following that hidden social and human conflict between the characters surfaces as it was escalating through the events of the film such as snowball getting bigger till it turn into a disaster. This is exactly what I was looking for in this film; how could this house that was full of trills of happiness and music and dancing turns into screaming and fighting and crying! Especially when the main incident that lead to this is “unseen” and by this I mean when “Basma”-The bride- falls in the bathroom and breaks her leg, and that opens up a wider space for questions about a conflict between an all in all defeated people; a cruel conflict on a human level where you can sympathize with both parties at once, and then finally leave you wondering!
Henna painting is a well known profession in Egypt; especially in marriages and pre marriage ceremonies. Most of the professionals in this profession are the “Sudanese women” who fled their country escaping the hard economic circumstances; they come here to paint joy on the hands of the Egyptian girls through Henna in return for money; therefore I wanted the narration in the film to be between the documentary and narrative; for that I used a 35mm lens which is the normal lens to shoot the whole film and reinforce its realistic narration also the main character has to be a real character not an actress; a true henna painter like “Halima” and “Ward” her daughter.
WE HAVE NO COLORS: Andrea Corazza IS only 19 years old and spend his life thinking about how to help people and society. I have always written. I have always produced. I like to provoke and talk about society's problems in the form of videos or photos. Now I'm studying but I hope one day to be able to bring my art and my way of thinking to an audience
Afro Turks were brought to the Ottoman Empire as a labour force in farms earliest in 15th and mostly in the 19th century from Africa. Afro Turks were employed as a labourer in Aegean regions farms and placed in the countryside. Afro Turks received Turkish Citizenship after the proclamation of the republic. They identify themselves as Arabic, Black Turks or Afro Turks. It is estimated to have a population of 5 to 10 thousands of Afro Turks, there is nothing inherited from Africa other than their skin colour. The documentary covers the life experiences of Afro Turks, social difficulties, exclusion and racial discrimination. It presents the society's perspective, daily experiences and memories. Afro Turks are bothered by the use of insulting language and disturbed by people gazing and sneering. They are one of the minority group in Turkey, ignored, underrepresented, silent, and living as if never existed. They wish to have acceptance in society and more recognition.
- Year2021
- Runtime20 minutes
- LanguageTurkish
- CountryTurkey
- PremiereNorth American
- RatingG
- NoteBayram is currently a Master of Arts student in Cinema and Television in Aydın Adnan Menderes University. He completed his Bachelor’s Degree in Radio Television and Cinema in the same university in 2020. In 2016 he completed another degree in Radio-Television in Giresun University. He was born in Erzincan Turkey on 11th October 1995. He completed the primary and secondary schools in Erzincan. He creates Fiction and Documentary movies. His movies appeared in international film festivals.As an independent director he focusses on social issues and minorities. His last movie in 2020 Our Only Home raised the voices of ostracized Afro Turks. In documantary, we wanted to tell the story of the people who were alienated, the people who struggle to be accepted, to be recognized. This is actually a universal issue, I believe it is a personal responsibility to tell these issues somehow.
- DirectorBayram Küçük
- ScreenwriterBayram Küçük
- ProducerBayram Küçük
- Co-ProducerKubilay Ahmet Küçük
- FilmmakerBayram Küçük
- CastNurullah Aydınoğlu Cennet Aydınoğlu Ahmet Aydınoğlu Zehra Aydınoğlu Ayşe Ürümlü Şükriye İletmiş Esat Sezer Hatice Doğuluer Ahmet Sezer Şakir Doğuluer
- CinematographerBayram Küçük
- EditorBayram Küçük