I Want to Fly

The film was completed during the huge economical crisis in 2001 in Turkey. Heavily inspired by films like Pi and Matrix, I tried to tell the story of a man who is about to lose his sense, perception and connection with reality. The film is one of the two shorts from Turkey awarded in Clermont Ferrand to this day.

This short film is shot as a part of a film directing workshop at IFA with a student only crew in eight hours.

'The Rain in Spain' tells the story of a sex robot in near future. The title is a reference the iconic movie 'My Fair Lady'

A woman watches out the window of in the house. The excitement that she had when her husband's knock the door shows us that days end would be different than other days.

A housewife has an unexpected guest at night but things are not as they seem. This independent, uber low budget short mystery thriller with twists can also be seen from a feminist perspective about women issues in Turkey.

A suicide case is informed to the police from a mental hospital in a rocky district. Two policemen comes to hospital to investigate the case. In the same morning, Dr. Deniz comes to hospital as the new psychiatrist. Because of the heavy rain and landslide the only road and telephone connections that provide access to hospital from the city are damaged.There is no transportation to hospital and none can leave hospital. During three days, three patients are killed wildly in the hospital. Everyone becomes anxious. The police deepen the investigation. A mystical patient attracts attention.

6 young directors from 6 countries in 3 days in front of the Golden Drum participants created, shot and edited each their own short film on a topic »Cum grano salis«. The topic was revealed to each director only 6 hours before the shooting begins. They all have the same working conditions, the same technical equipment and two actors available. That's the way they can equally demonstrate their creative fantasy and professional ingenuity.