Home Cooking
Turkey / Fiction / 14' / 4K / Color / 2024
Selma is keen to make a pizza at home for her father's birthday with her mother and younger brother then they will go to the amusement park together. Had her father been there, it would be family time. Even though her father had found them later in the park, Selma would lose her joy.
Director: Ahmet Toğaç
Script: Ahmet Toğaç
Director of Photography: Nusret Emre Bilgin
Producer: Eda Türkay
Music: Erdem Helvacıoğlu
Editing: Ami Mor
Sound: Sima Cihangir
Cast: Ece Bağcı, Ömer Gökay Şanlıer, Nalan Kuruçim
Biography
Ahmet Toğaç was born in Erzurum in 1995. His first short film Eavesdropper (2019) competed in prestigious national festivals such as Adana and Istanbul Film Festivals. His second short film Home Cooking (2024) has the world premiered 38th Cinekid Festival. Currently, he is a research assistant in the Department of Cinema and Television at Istanbul Okan University.
Filmography
Eavesdropper (2019)
Home Cooking (2024)
Festivals Attended
39th Istanbul Film Festival - Eavesdropper (2019)
26th Adana Golden Boll Film Festival - Eavesdropper (2019)
52nd SİYAD Turkish Cinema Awards - Eavesdropper (2020)
8th Engelless Films Festival - Eavesdropper (2020)
38th Cinekid Festival (Netherlands) - Home Cooking (2024)
35th Ankara Film Festival - Home Cooking (2024)
20th Early Bird International Student Film Festival (Bulgaria) - Home Cooking (2024)
12th Festival Play – Lisbon International Children’s Film Festival (Portugal) (February 2025) - Home Cooking (2025)
Awards
Best Fiction Category, Second Award - 6th Altın Baklava Film Festival, Short Film Competition (2021) - Eavesdropper
Folkart Best Project Award - 22nd Izmir Short Film Festival - Film Lab (Project Development Award) (2021) – Home Cooking