Gaye Alkayalar

One autumn night, a group of people awaits a train at a station. However, they've all forgotten one truth. When a young man delves into the eerie night to find his fiancée, he will remember and remind the others.

“Bocuk” traces the remnants of a Balkan-Turkic belief said to date back to the Middle Ages, still alive in a remote village of Thrace. This docudrama explores the contemporary meaning of an ancient winter ritual and documents the local narratives surrounding it. Blending fear with tradition, the film invites viewers to discover the extraordinary Night of Bocuk, a practice still observed across generations in Turkey.

We can hide or ignore the truth in some way. However, when it finds a way to come out, it may be too late for everything.