Baltic premiere

Dormitory

Local title
Ühiselamu
Original title
Yurt
Director
Nehir Tuna
Country
Turkey, Germany, France
Year
2023
Programme
Youth Programme
Genre
Drama, Youth film
Subject
familial relationships, school bullying, abuse, religion, belonging, child-parent relationships, child in a grown ups role, children's rights, youth

1997, the tensions between religious and secular Turks are increasing. Fourteen-year-old Ahmet is sent by his recently converted father to an Islamic dormitory, a “Yurt”, to learn Muslim values. Ahmet works hard to be the perfect son, but he has trouble fitting in with rough kids at the Yurt and feels isolated in his secular day school, where he hides his new home from his classmates. His only solace is a new friend Hakan, a street-smart kid who knows how to work the Yurt system. Together they dream of making their own decisions.

Age recommendation: 14+

Director
Nehir Tuna
Screenwriter
Nehir Tuna
Cast
Doğa Karakaş, Can Bartu Arslan, Ozan Çelik, Tansu Biçer, Didem Ellialtı, Orhan Güner, Işilti Su Alyanak
Producer
Tanay Abbasoğlu, Dorothe Beinemeier, Thierry Lenouvel
Cinematographer
Florent Herry
Music
Avi Medina
Sound
Simone Weber
Runtime
Language
Turkish
Subtitles
English

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Screenings

9th Hall Apollo Kino Coca-Cola Plaza
Screening070902 / Ühiselamu
SubtitlesEnglish
Q&A guestsNehir Tuna (Director, Co-producer, Screenwriter)
Q&A duration
Screening duration
2nd Hall Apollo Kino Solaris
Screening121201 / Ühiselamu
SubtitlesEnglish
Screening duration
Hall Electric Cinema, TARTU
Screening144202 / Ühiselamu
SubtitlesEnglish
Screening duration
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