Edition 24: 1–9 August, 2025

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Vanished into Blue

Buhar

Turkey
2012 — 12' / Black & White

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Synopsis

It is an old shady room seen from the room’s threshold. There is an old couch, a dining table, a TV set, an old stove, and a mirror right next to it. TV is broadcasting a matchmaking program for women. The program shows the speeches of women who want to marry and there are dialogues about marriage and children. A woman prepares dinner for her husband. The room is dead silent with the exception of TV. The camera turns with a nonstop motion through the room. It is a single shot film where the final resolution to decades of marital hostility is solved with extreme prejudice.

Director Biography

Abdurrahman Öner was born in Mersin, Turkey in 1984. He studied mathematics in Dicle University. He won a scholarship about film directing in İstanbul Kültür Üniversity and graduated in 2011. He is working for his master’s at Kadir Has University with full scholarship.

Director

Abdurrahman Öner

Producer

Abdurrahman Öner

Cinematographer

Meryem Yavuz

Editor

Mustafa Taşıtman

Sound

Özkan Çoşgun

Contact

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