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Yurt (Dormitory)
Forced to leave the comfort of his middle class lifestyle at his father’s behest, twelve-year-old Ahmet is sent to an all-boys religious dormitory where he must navigate familial expectations, his religious obligations, and the childhood to which he so desperately clings.
Project type: Fiction Feature
Director/Writer: Nehir Tuna
Producer: Tanay Abbasoglu
Producer: Dorothe Beinemeier
Co-Producer: Thierry Lenouvel
Cinematographer: Florent Herry
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Zugzwang
A private detective takes a job, hoping for redemption, and finds herself in the midst of an ever-expanding world of corruption.
Project type: Fiction Feature
Writer/Director: Bridget Stokes
Producer: Erin Owens, Katie Taylor