In 1978, five leftist youths, who believed that the leftist revolution could be achieved through politics, not violence, gathered in a house and began to discuss the magazine they had published. The subsequent events, which took place that night, revealed the political chaos that existed in Turkey prior to the 1980 coup d’état.
Nothing In Its Place
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“visually impressive, affective, and fittingly bleak in the ways it handles ethical conundrums begetting extremism”
“visually impressive, affective, and fittingly bleak in the ways it handles ethical conundrums begetting extremism”
Burak Çevik
Biography
Burak Cevik is the founder of Fol Cinema Society and has curated experimental and arthouse film screenings. Between 2018 and 2020, he was a lecturer on non-fiction at Istanbul Bilgi University. His films The Pillar of Salt (2018), Belonging (2019) and Forms of Forgetting (2023) premiered at the Berlinale Forum. His latest film, Nothing in Its Place (2024), was commissioned by the Jeonju Cinema Project and was selected to compete at the Karlovy Vary Film Festival. His video works have been screened at various festivals, including Locarno Festival, Toronto International Film Festival, FID Marseille, and New York Film Festival.
Filmography
● Nothing In its Place (2024)
● Forms of Forgetting (2023)
● A Woman Escapes (2022)
● Belonging (2019)
● A Topography of Memory (2019)
● The Pillar of Salt (2018)
