VTFF Documentaries 2024
Oya
Director : Sevinç Baloğlu
Gülbiye, the only woman in the village farming silkworms for the purpose of producing silk thread, teaches her granddaughter Ada about silkworm farming and the oya rituals through tales, while an oya collector embarks on a journey to discover the story behind one of his favorite oya. The story introduces to us oya’s, which were once the voice of oppressed women but later became a source of empowerment by allowing women to achieve economic independence.
Running Time : 75 Min
Languages / Subtitle : Turkish / English
Year : 2024
Awards / Nominations :
Ulusal En iyi Belgesel – 35. Ankara Film Festivali
Festival List :
* XX Muestra Internacional de Mujeres en el Cine y la Televisión XX Muestra Internacional de Mujeres en el Cine y la Televisión (Mexico)
World Premiere
* DokuBaku IDDF (Azerbaijan)
International Premiere
* Chania Film Festival (Greece)
European Premiere
* Antalya Film Festival (Turkey)
Special Screning
* The Goiânia International Film Festival (Brazil)
* Eastern Nigeria International Film Festival (Nigeria)
* Premio Felix Film Festival (Italia)
About Sevinç Baloğlu :
Sevinç Baloğlu, graduated from Ankara University Faculty of Communication Department of Radio-Television-Cinema, began her career as a co-scriptwriter and assistant director for the film “Three Days in Kula,” which won the Golden Orange Best Documentary Award in 1984. She worked at TRT and BRT. Between 2000 and 2009, she served as the general manager of the Tursak Foundation and worked in the production of numerous documentaries as a writer and producer. In 2009, she founded SU Film and directed numerous documentaries that focused on disappearing cultures, minority groups, women’s rights and human history.
The Good Death
Director : Hasan Ete
In the medical literature, a good death is a death that respects the privacy and sensitivity of the individual, where emotional, spiritual and religious needs and wishes are met, and where there is enough time to say goodbye.
Founded in 2007, the Wish Ambulance Foundation continues to work to ensure that terminal patients with limited time can say goodbye to life in a “good” way. Today, the foundation fulfills the last wishes of people of all ages with limited time to live. Frank Halter, a retired policeman who work as a volunteer for the foundation, has been part of this voluntary work for 6 years.
The Good Death focuses on the last wishes of Wim Beuving, a terminally ill man with limited time left, and his meeting with Frank Halter, who volunteers to make these wishes come true.
Cast :
Frank Halter, Wim Beuving
Running Time : 20 Min
Year : 2024
Awards / Nominations :
-International Golden Saffron Documentary Film Festival International Competition Special Jury Award
-3. Nigde National Short Film Festival, Best Documentary Award
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35th International Ankara Film Festival, National Documentary Film Competition, Finalist. 2024
31st Adana Golden Boll Film Festival, International Short Film Competition, Finalist. 2024
25th International Izmir Short Film Festival, National Documentary Film Competition, Finalist. 2024
12th International Bosphorus Film Festival, National Documentary Film Competition, Finalist. 2024
12th International Korca Film Festival, Documentary Competition Finalist, 2024 Albania
3rd International Kas Short Film Festival, National Short Film Competition, Finalist. 2024
9th Turkish World Documentary Film Festival, Short Documentary Competition, Finalist. 2024
3rd Diyarbakır Short Film Festival, Documentary Branch, Finalist. 2024
9th Kısa’dan Hisse Short Film Festival, Documentary Competition, Finalist. 2024
3rd Gemlik Short Film Festival, Documentary Category, Finalist. 2024
1st Yalova Documentary Film Festival, Short Feature Documentary Category, Finalist. 2024
Uncle Ali
Director : Ömür Gürgen
Born in 1957, Ali Olgun is broad shouldered and has long beard. In 1985, he came to Kartal with his childhood friend. He has been living in Kadıköy for 38 years. Ali Amca, who creates his own lifestyle, keeps living by collecting tins in the streets day and night. He reads newspaper every morning. He prepares his own food. He values effort and hard work and persevarence. He is loved by the artisans of Kadıköy and is known as Kabasakal. He states that everyone has got something on; there is no life without work and effort. He stays on the street during the day and in a bakery at night…
Running Time : 30 Min
Year : 2023
Awards and Recognitions :
Vasteras Film Festival – Best International Documentary
Featured at Tehran International Short Film Festival and Yalova Film Festival.