Hayaletler
Directed by Azra Deniz Okyay
2020
Drama
90 min
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Turkey France Qatar
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Arabic Turkish Arabic Turkish
In Istanbul, on the verge of a country-wide power surge, four characters come across in a neighborhood undergoing the process of gentrification for the “New Turkey”: a mother whose son is in prison, a young female dancer, a feminist artist, and a cunning middle man. Their stories intertwine during a drug deal, offering a roaring tale of the contemporary generation.
Born in Istanbul, Azra Deniz Okyay started photography at the age of 12, and became an assistant at 14 of the photographer Dora Gunel. After finishing highschool in Lycee Francais Pierre Loti of Istanbul, she moved to Paris to study Cinema at Sorbonne-Nouvelle University where she had her Bachelor’s and Master’s. She worked in Michel Gondry’s Partizan Production company. She returned to Turkey in 2010 and became the first female director at Depo, an advertising production company in Istanbul. She made various shorts and music videos. Her works on Video-Arts were selected in international exhibitions and galleries. Her debut GHOSTS (Hayaletler) World Premiered at the Venice Film Festival - Critics' Week where it won the Grand Prize, before the film raved outstanding reviews and awards in festivals (Antalya, Thessaloniki, Warsaw, Stockholm, Karlovy Vary)
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