Lichtblick-Kino

An auto-ethnographic film that explores the sensory relationship between distance and memory and what role they play in an immigrant’s experience of migration. After finding a family portrait on my phone one evening in Germany, I felt a longing for my hometown. I wanted to make a film about it. But how can you talk about your family portrait without talking about the reality they inhabit? They’re the sum of the people and environment they come from.

Hydroelectric plant trouble stroke Erzurum Bagbasi, along with many others. Legal and physical struggle of several years has turned against the habitants, due to the pressure of the contractor. One of the unbelievable verdicts is for Leyla, an 17-year-old girl: she is prohibited from talking to any villagers. Villagers who faced state violence for the very first time in their lives, though sentenced to silence and thirst, naturally, continue their everyday lives.