| Director: | Deniz Tortum |
|---|---|
| Production: | istos film (Anna Maria Aslanoğlu), Institute of Time (Fırat Sezgin) |
| Running Time: | 12’ |
| Language: | Turkish |
| Country: | Turkey |
| Main Cast: | Okan Bozkuş, Berk Akman, Turgut Ekinci, Çağdaş Akar, Nihat Can Tinas, Muharrem Balkaya |
| Screenplay: | Deniz Tortum |
| Cinematographer: | Deniz Tortum |
| Editor: | Deniz Tortum |
| Sound: | Bal Sound |
| Visual Effects: | Ergin Şanal, Enes Çağlar |
| Notes: | Producer: Anna Maria Aslanoğlu |
Cinema
Selyataği (Floodplain)
Venice Virtual Reality
Synopsis
A search party searches for someone lost in a forest, in turn becoming lost themselves within the arboreal zone. A half-civilian, half-police force group evacuates the village and the forest for construction, and seek in turn the seekers. An old tree releases a slumbering spell, overtaking everyone within its reach. Selyatağı is built upon the world of Yuva, the Biennale College Cinema feature film.
Director’s Statement
Selyatağı is set against a man-made environmental crisis and explores our relationships to each other at the end of nature. If we can no longer be what we were, can we really become something new? Can we be a forest, or a stone; can we be a multitude of organisms; can we be nothing? Can we be something that we don’t know we can be yet?
Producers/Distributors
PRODUCTION 1: istos film
Mumhane Cad 39 Karakoy
34425 – Istanbul, Turkey
Tel. 00905352175210
annamaria@istosfilm.com
http://www.istosfilm.com
PRODUCTION 2: Institute of Time
Asmalımescit Mah. Meşrutiyet Cad. No:27 D:6 Beyoglu
34430 – Istanbul, Turkey
Tel. 90 536 236 47 27
firat@instituteoftime.com
http://www.instituteoftime.com
PRESS OFFICE: La Biennale di Venezia
Ca’ Giustinian – San Marco 1364/A
30124 – Venice, Italy
Tel. +39 041 2726 644
presscinema@labiennale.org
