The Balcony and Our Dreams
Dir. Aylin Kuryel / Turkey / 2020 / 14’ / Polish premiere
Section:
Dreamscape
Director: Aylin Kuryel
Cinematography: Aylin Kuryel
Editing: Aylin Kuryel
Sound: Fırat Yücel
Producer: Aylin Kuryel
Production: Aylin Kuryel
World sales: Aylin Kuryel
Language: Turkish
CREDITS
DESCRIPTION
“The Balcony and Our Dreams” offers a selection of dreams that are dreamt during the coronavirus outbreak. The longings, worries and desires that have been quarantined in the depths of the mind come to the surface and interfuse with sounds, music, applause and protests from the streets. Dreams permeate reality, and reality pervades dreams.
FESTIVALS AND AWARDS
Flying Broom International Women’s Film Festival
DIRECTOR
Aylin Kuryel
Aylin Kuryel is a lecturer at the Literary and Cultural Analysis department at the University of Amsterdam. She is the co-editor of “Cultural Activism: Practices, Dilemmas and Possibilities” (Rodopi, 2010), “Resistance and Aesthetics in the Age of Global Uprisings” (Iletisim Press, 2015), “Being Jewish in Turkey: A Dictionary of Experiences” (Iletisim Press, 2017) and “Essays on Boredom” (2020, Iletisim Press). Her documentaries include: “Taboo” (2009), “Image Acts” (2015), “Welcome Lenin” (2016), “Heads and Tails” (2018), “CemileSezgin” (2020), “The Balcony and Our Dreams” (2020), “A Defense” (2021).
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