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Dormitory (Yurt)

Nehir Tuna

Turkey, Germany, France

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Director's Biography

Nehir Tuna’s work combines social commentary and an original visual aesthetic to tackle stories about Turkey’s complex present-day issues, whether masculinity or conservatism. A Sundance alum, Tuna was selected to take part in 2019 Sundance Screenwriters Lab and the 2020 Directors and Screenwriters Lab. He participated in the 2018 Nipkow Programm Film Residencies. He has written and directed seven short films, including The Shoes (2018), a prequel to Dormitory. Tuna studied at Columbia University's graduate film programme and holds an MFA in directing from the Rochester Institute of Technology. Dormitory (2023) is his first feature film.

2020
118
Turkish
No
Fiction
Screenings :
Mon 27 / 11h00 / Salle des Ministres
Tue 28 / 15h30 / Cinéma le Colisée
Mon 27 / 11h00 / Salle des Ministres
Tue 28 / 15h30 / Cinéma le Colisée

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In 1997, tension among religious and secular Turks is on the rise. Fourteen-year-old Ahmet is sent by his recently converted father to a yurt — an Islamic dormitory — to learn Muslim values. Ahmet works hard to become the perfect son but has trouble fitting in with the rough kids at the yurt and feels isolated at his secular day school, where he hides his new home from his classmates. His only solace is a new friend, a street-smart kid who knows how to work the yurt system. Together, they dream of making their own decisions.

Director Nehir Tuna

Producer Tanay Abbasoğlu, Dorothe Beinemeier, Thierry Lenouvel

Screenwriter Nehir Tuna

Cinematographer Florent Herry

Editor Ayris Alptekin

Sound Simone Weber

Music Avi Medina

Colour Black and white

Doga Karakas, Can Bartu Arslan, Ozan Çelik, Tansu Biçer, Didem Ellialti, Orhan Güner, Isilti Su Alyanak

Production Company TN Yapim, Red Balloon Film, Cine Sud Promotion

International Sales Company Pyramide International

Pays

Turkey, Germany, France

année

2020

durée

118

langue

Turkish