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International Shorts Section

To Go

GITMEK

Seval Şener

23 MINS / ARABIC, ENGLISH, TURKISH / TURKEY / 2023 /DRAMA

Synopsis

Derin plays the side flute in a little bar in Istanbul far from her family. She is already not satisfied with her job, as if that was not enough, she is being filled with hate towards the refugees due to their ever increasing number. She leaves unanswered the phone calls of her mother, who wants her to pass the exam and be a teacher. She wants to leave the country. Just then a new Canadian neighbor moves in. Not wanting to miss the opportunity to practice English, after a long struggle, Derin helps her new friend find a new house. The house opens a Pandora's box of revelations for both of them.

Cast & Crew

CAST:
Işıkna Kozedgü
Hadi Bou Ayash

WRITER:
Muhammed Ali Çakmak

PRODUCERS:
Muhammad Ali Çakmak
Seval Şener

Director's Biography

A Film Design graduate Seval Şener was born in 1991. Having worked as an Assistant in many a film/tv project Seval has come this far to direct her own films. ‘To Go’ is her debut film and has already been to several film festivals.

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