Unknown Continent

Unknown Continent

Unknown Continent

Turkey, Serbia, Germany / Fiction / 14' / 4K / Color / 2024

Merve is a former athlete living on the Anatolian side of Istanbul who makes a living by selling doping substances. Upon receiving the news of her father's passing in Belgium, she is forced to make a choice between two continents. This decision will also mean losing one of the two people she loves.

Director: Murat Arda Gürsoy

Script: Murat Arda Gürsoy

Director of Photography: Tolga Pekar

Producer: Yiğit Serdar Canoğlu

Editing: Murat Arda Gürsoy

Sound: Can Yarış, Yiğit Serdar Canoğlu

Cast: Ilgıt Uçum, Zeynep Su Topal, İpek Sobutay, Aude Ruyter, Arda Tokta, Emir Mecikoğlu


Biography

Murat Arda Gürsoy works as a director, script consultant, and editor. He graduated from Istanbul Bilgi University’s Cinema and Television department and completed his master's degree on Éric Rohmer's Cinema and French Existentialism. His first short film, The Sun, The Moon, and The Woman (2023), received short film production support from the Turkish Ministry of Culture and Tourism.

Filmography

Unknown Continent (2024)

The Sun, The Moon, and The Woman (2023)

Festivals Attended

Riga Short Film Festival

Monterrey Film Festival

Linz Short Film Festival

Beloit International Film Festival

Awards

The Sun, The Moon, and The Woman 

Honorable Mention - 4th Monza Film Festival

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