2022 | DCP | Colour | 67’ | Turkish, Kurdish; English, Turkish sub. - Türkiye
September, 16, Saturday, 14.00, Sanat Fabrikası
Somnur Vardar’s Drifting is a documentary that was produced over six years. Starting as a project during Istanbul’s aggressive construction boom, the documentary is screened at the festival during an economic crisis and extreme housing problems. Through two young men, Ferhat, a teacher from Mardin waiting to be appointed, and his cousin Emrah, who wants a university degree, Vardar follows the lives of construction workers on-site and in their dormitories. For the duo, the only way out of this line of work is to save up dollars by working on a construction project in Algeria. But, as a friend keeps reminding them, construction is a vicious circle that affects generations. It is an industry costing workers’ lives and destroying the city.
Ä°stanbul Film Festivali 2023 | Best Documentary
Documentarist 2023 | Best Cinematography in Documentary
SÄ°YAD 2023 | Best Documentary
DokuFest 2023 | Best Balkan Documentary (Balkan Dox)
DIRECTOR
Somnur Vardar
WITH
Emrah Atsız, Ferhat Atsız, Tunahan Atsız
SCREENPLAY
Somnur Vardar
CINEMATOGRAPHY
Sedat Åžahin
EDITING
Eytan Ipeker, Somnur Vardar
ORIGINAL MUSIC
Cenker Kökten
PRODUCER
Somnur Vardar
PRODUCTION
Marmelat Film
WORLD SALES
Marmelat Film