Short film

Ankara 1979

2025 · 20 min

A tight, anxious twenty minutes that traps you in a family's fear as danger closes in at the door.

Overview: A few months before the 1980 coup in Ankara, after posting illegal flyers, Faruk returns home injured as knocks at the door and tension close in on the family.
How it feels: Tense, dark, earnest and melancholic. Slow-burning and needs your attention.
About: Family, politics, fate, survival
Content: Mild violence, gore and language. No sexual content.
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Tone: tensestrength 3 of 3
darkstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: family
politics
fate
survival
isolation
Places: home
big city
Era: period
Audience: teen
Form: single location
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex none

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