Edition 24: 1–9 August, 2025

EFA Short Matters!

Be Deng Silent

Sessiz

Turkey
2012 — 14' / Color

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Synopsis

The year is 1984. Zeynep, who lives in Diyarbakır with her three children, wants to visit her husband in prison. Zeynep is only able to speak her mother tongue ‘Kurdish’; however, only the Turkish language is allowed to be spoken in prison, so she’s unable to utter a word there. On the other hand, she wants to bring a new pair of shoes to her husband but it’s forbidden to bring anything to prisoners from outside…

Director Biography

L. Rezan Yesilbaș born in 1977, he graduated from the Cinema-TV department of Marmara University in 2008. His short film “Hüküm” (Judgement) was the first film of his “Trilogy of Women”. He shot “Sessiz/Be Deng” (Silent) in 2011 which is the second film of the trilogy.

Director

L. Rezan Yesilbaș

Producer

L. Rezan Yesilbaș

Cinematographer

Türksoy Gölebeyi

Editor

Furkan Atlı

Sound

Buğra Dedeoğlu

Rezan Yeşilbaş

Contact

L. Rezan Yesilbaș
Ikbaliye mah. Zeamet sok.
Gul apt. d.2 no 26
Acibadem Kadikoy Türkiye
+90 555 300 0300
[email protected]