Tuvana Simin Günay

Four sisters who have been living separate lives come together in the hostel they inherited after their father's death. Being on the same shore again after years is the first step towards understanding and forgiving each other.

Four sisters who have been living separate lives come together in the hostel they inherited after their father's death. Being on the same shore again after years is the first step towards understanding and forgiving each other.

Our documentary, which basically focuses on the visual artists in the social context of 1970s, addresses the relationship between art and life of a specific era. During this era, a group of young artists, most of whom were the students of the atelier of Bedri Rahmi Eyüpoğlu and Neşet Günal, also the attendants of the State Academy of Fine Arts, had some critical discussions on the subjects of politics, art and aesthetic, alternative pursuits in the artistic arena, bringing forth many discussions.

After his father's death, Yusuf goes to his village, where he has not been for years, and learns that a geothermal company wants to buy his father's agricultural lands and drill a well. He wants to solve problems without disrespecting his father's memory, but things don't go as he hoped.

As we go into the past of Turkish Cinema, we come across a history full of obscurity and uncertainties, which has been narrated by film writers. The purpose of realizing this project is to reveal the wrong or incompletely known “firsts”. Based on the documents produced by cinema historians, one of the main goals was to scan the newspapers and magazines of the period from some missing parts to the whole, or to clarify some of the discussed issues. From the first screening venue to the first women on the silver screen and the stage, from the first color film to the first films that were screened, this documentary takes a journey from stop to stop, like a reference to the trains of the Lumières, which is made with an academic point of view, revealing the "true or incompletely known mistakes" with documents.

Zeliha, mother of two children, is a poor laborer who works in a steel soucepan factory. One day, she is fired as an unexpected moment. While she is attempting to find new job, she also searchs for solution in order to prevent children noticing this situation. A solution created by her, shows deadlock condition as a result of poverty.