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Talk: | Friday 13.10 | + | Saturday 14.10 |
Both director Helin Çelik and cinematographer Raquel Fernández Núñez will be in attendance during the screenings. Çelik, with a diverse background in art therapy, comparative literature, theater, and digital media, is a talented director who recently premiered "Anqa" at this year's Berlinale Forum. Her outstanding collaboration with one of Spain's foremost cinematographers contributed to the film's success.
A film that, through its sensory lens, lets us feel the texture of the soft, clean carpets, the gentle draft that carefully moves the curtains, and the scent of burnt dust, soap, and spices that frame the lives of these three courageous women who metaphorically and physically have locked themselves in and embraced life in solitude as outcasts from their surroundings. Grappling with the traumas of their past and how to navigate the consequences of what they have done and that of gender discrimination and systemic, patriarchal violence, their lives underscore how political and social aspects are inseparable from individual experiences. Director Helin Çelik and cinematographer Raquel Fernández Núñez have crafted a delicate cinematic experience and embrace of these women, their lives, and the apartments that provide the physical backdrop to their existence.
