Ayçe Kartal

I Gotta Look Good for the Apocalypse

March 2020. The planet locks itself in. Our world is being drained of its substance and digital life forms are multiplying, like these couples who meet in a virtual universe. What if the crisis was not the pandemic, but the derealization of our lives?

I Gotta Look Good for the Apocalypse

March 2020. The planet locks itself in. Our world is being drained of its substance and digital life forms are multiplying, like these couples who meet in a virtual universe. What if the crisis was not the pandemic, but the derealization of our lives?

Wicked Girl

S. is an eight-year-old Turkish girl endowed with an exuberant imagination, who loves nature and animals. When, from her hospital bed she recalls the happy days spent in her grandparents village, dark and terrifying memories rise to the surface and slowly start to make sense.

Wicked Girl

S. is an eight-year-old Turkish girl endowed with an exuberant imagination, who loves nature and animals. When, from her hospital bed she recalls the happy days spent in her grandparents village, dark and terrifying memories rise to the surface and slowly start to make sense.

All the Softness in the World

Istanbul, 1950s. The Hakimian family lives in the shadow of an ancient vendetta: every new born grandson is destined to die, a cruel retribution for an infanticide committed by their grandfather long ago. Then comes Levon, a baby boy. His firt act is to reach out and touch his mothers soft hair. But sadly, this moment of tenderness wont last. To protect him, the men of the family decide to raise him as a girl, hiding his true identity. He will grow up never knowing he was born male. But can anyone truly escape who they are?

Birdy Wouaf Wouaf

A baby bird startles his parents when one day he starts barking like a dog.

Birdy Wouaf Wouaf

A baby bird startles his parents when one day he starts barking like a dog.

Backward Run

A self-censored film criticizing press censorship on Gezi Park protests which was happened between May-July in Turkey

Backward Run

A self-censored film criticizing press censorship on Gezi Park protests which was happened between May-July in Turkey

Backward Run

A self-censored film criticizing press censorship on Gezi Park protests which was happened between May-July in Turkey