
Special Screenings

The Man on The Roof - Gürkan Baltacılar
Çatıdaki Adam - Gürkan Baltacılar
Türkiye, Documentary, 25'58"
Gürkan Baltacılar is a born and bred artist from Ä°zmir who has been producing many different musical genres since his youth. In addition to participating in many festivals at home and abroad, he is an extraordinary man who has been invited as the guest of honor to most of the cross-border organizations held in the improvised music one. This documentary is an opportunity for us to face the fact that he is not well known in our country.
Director: Ceren Atasoy
Director of Photography: Levent Oktay
Edit: Ceren Atasoy, Levent Oktay

The City and The Messiah
Åžehir ve Mesih
Türkiye, Belgesel, 3O'O5"
A film essay inspired by Sabbatai Sevi, a 17th-century Jewish rabbi who declared himself the Messiah, gaining followers from Izmir to Jerusalem, and from Amsterdam to Cairo. We embark on a journey around the recently restored house in the Agora district of Izmir, where Sevi was born. The memory triggered by this figure offers clues to those excluded from official history, circulating urban legends, and the past of the region.
Directors: Aylin Kuryel, RaÅŸel Meseri
Director of Photography: Ali Cem DoÄŸan
Edit: Aylin Kuryel, Fırat Yücel