Tarık Aktaş

Historia

Tarık Aktaş is from Germany, and lives and works in Istanbul. He has made several shorts, including Brothel of Subconscious (2006) and Video of Circumcision (2007). Basiret (2017), an experimental film, is part of his multimedia exhibition Supersensible. Dead Horse Nebula (2018) is his first feature, for which he received the Best Emerging Director award at Locarno.

Películas

Spotting Fig trees
Spotting Fig trees
Director
In "Spaces #2", 7 internationally acclaimed directors shot, after commissioning by the Thessaloniki International Film Festival, a short film at home, making their own timely comment on the new reality that we live in. The project is inspired by the book "Species of Spaces" by the French novelist, filmmaker, documentalist, and essayist, Georges Perec and the days of quarantine. The idea is to create a film at home, using the environment, the people or the animals in that space. The only outdoor areas that may be used are outdoor living spaces, such as the terrace, the garden, the balcony and the stairwell. "Spotting Fig trees" is Tarik Aktas's submission.
Dead Horse Nebula
Dead Horse Nebula
Writer
When Hay was seven years old, he found a dead horse in an open field and watched his father and other adults struggle to get rid of it. Unsure of this memory, he is nonetheless very influenced by this incident and, when he cuts himself during a sacrificial rite, everything comes flashing back. Step by step, Hay goes down an inevitable and spiritual path where he confronts the relationship between human and nature, the unity of matter and the living.
Dead Horse Nebula
Dead Horse Nebula
Director
When Hay was seven years old, he found a dead horse in an open field and watched his father and other adults struggle to get rid of it. Unsure of this memory, he is nonetheless very influenced by this incident and, when he cuts himself during a sacrificial rite, everything comes flashing back. Step by step, Hay goes down an inevitable and spiritual path where he confronts the relationship between human and nature, the unity of matter and the living.