Between Delicate and Violent
Türkiye / Documentary / 14' / 4K / Color / 2023
When photographs fail, can a painting or an embroidery function as a memory? The fılm imagines unearthing traumatic memories that are not included in family albums.
Director: Sirin Bahar Demirel
Script: Sirin Bahar Demirel
Director of Photography: Sirin Bahar Demirel
Producer: Şirin Bahar Demirel (Supported by Bilsart Video Art Production Support)
Music: Onur Kahraman
Editing: Şirin Bahar Demirel
Sound: Şirin Bahar Demirel
Animation: Sirin Bahar Demirel
Distributor: Agencia
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Sirin Bahar Demirel is a filmmaker and visual artist, working with moving image, collage and photography.
Filmography
2023 - Between Grace and Violence
2019 - Women's Land
2015 - Life Looks for Life
2013 - Living with Leviathan
2012 - All My Eyes
Festivals Attended
36th IDFA, Short Documentary Competition, 2023
40th Kassel Dokfest, 2023
2nd Berlin Turkish Film Festival
56th Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival, National Competition
Sharjah Film Platform, UAE, 2019
39th Istanbul International Film Festival, National Competition
12th DOCUMENTARIST Documentary Days
31st Ankara International Film Festival
ZagrebDox, International Competition, 2013
DokuFest, Kosovo, 2013
American Documentary Film Festival, CA, 2013
Awards
56th Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival, Best National Documentary Award / Women's Land, 2019
12th TRT International Documentary Awards, National Documentary 3rd Prize / Women's Land, 2019
ZagrebDox, Phone Dox Award, 2013 / Living with Leviathan
River Film Festival, Best Documentary Award, 2013 / Living with Leviathan
IFSAK Short Film Competition, 3rd Prize, 2013 / Living with Leviathan