Dormitory (film) explained

Dormitory
Director:Nehir Tuna
Screenplay:Nehir Tuna
Starring:Doğa Karakaş
Music:Avi Medina
Cinematography:Florent Herry
Editing:Ayris Alptekin
Language:Turkish

Dormitory (Turkish: Yurt) is a 2023 Turkish-German-French coming-of-age drama film written and directed by Nehir Tuna, at his feature film debut.

The film premiered at the 80th edition of the Venice Film Festival, in the Horizons sidebar.

Cast

Production

For the film, Nehir Tuna drew on his own experience attending a religious boarding school for five years.[1] The film is a sequel of his award-winning short film The Shoes,[2] and is a co-production by Turkish company TN Yapım, German Red Balloon Film GmbH, and French Ciné-Sud Promotion, with support from the Sundance Fellowship for Production and Development.[3] Filming took place in Izmir, in the Aegean Region of Turkey, between 2019 and 2022.[4]

Release

The film Horizons section at the 80th Venice International Film Festival. The film was also screened at the 2023 Marrakech International Film Festival, where Doğa Karakaş was awarded best actor.[5]

Reception

The film was described as 'a pleasant surprise, offering the paradoxical story of a teenager caught between religious tensions and explosions of testosterone.'[6]

Notes and References

  1. News: Abbatescianni . Davide . Dormitory: Growing up in turbulent Turkey in the late 1990s . 12 April 2024 . . 6 October 2023 . en.
  2. News: Screen staff . Venice 2023 preview: Screen's guide to the Horizons, Extra titles . 12 April 2024 . Screen International. 25 August 2023 . en.
  3. News: Economou . Vassilis . Nehir Tuna's feature debut, Dormitory, enters post-production . 12 April 2024 . . 28 April 2022 . en.
  4. News: Nur Çiftçi . Şefika . Türkiye'den Venedik Film Festivali'ne katılan 'Yurt' filmi İslam'ı hedef gösterdi LGBT propagandası yaptı Özel Haberleri . 12 April 2024 . . 4 September 2023 . tr-TR.
  5. News: Keslassy . Ben Croll,Elsa . Croll . Ben . Keslassy . Elsa . 'The Mother of All Lies' Wins Top Prize at Marrakech in Historic Night for Moroccan Cinema . 12 April 2024 . . 2 December 2023.
  6. News: Brunelli . Roberto . I dolori del giovane Ahmet nel dormitorio dell'islamismo (di ritorno) . 12 April 2024 . . 2 September 2023 . it-IT.