After Laughter

After a tragic miscarriage, Nimet -a middle aged woman- gets stuck in the conservative society in Istanbul while her beloved younger sister Öznur carries a burden of her own in the family, trying to struggle her own demons.

Firaz, a young girl seeking for a way out of her village, is waiting for a relative to arrive at her father’s funeral ceremony. While taking care of her grandfather becomes a burden, the funeral meal ordered the night before is missing a couple of plates.

Istanbul is the source of hope for African immigrants, due to its strategic location between Asia and Europe. The Everwarm Bed tells the stories of those immigrant workers who provide money for their families and try to turn back home. While they ought to take turns sleeping on the one and only single bed they have in their rental apartments, we will witness the daily lives, struggles and dreams of Abubakar, Sheku, Zidane and many more…

The matriarch of a traditional Turkish family tries to stop her eldest daughter’s divorce, only to confront the shifting values within her own home.