Documentary and Short Film Competition

SHORT FILMS

-- In Competition -

OMEGA FOX(Omega Tilki)

Saturday, December 6, 2008, 3:15 p.m.
GSU Auditorium, 2nd Floor, Boston University
775 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston
Directions

Short / 2007 / 14 min. / Turkey
Written and directed by Melisa Onel
Cast: Ozlem Sarac, Burcu Tekin, Sanem Oge, Kubilay Tuncer, Nil Mutluer

Synopsis

"Omega Fox" is an essay on the feeling injected by the 'ends' of films.

Featuring three different vignettes, the film's stories do not explain or build on each other. Although the finale where each character finds him/herself in, where each character drags and eventually surrenders him/herself to, is a reality they should confront with, none of the stories' climax develop into a tangible and explainable resolution. "Omega Fox" is a film fictionalized, through a non-linear structure, on the feeling grown out from being unable to reach a conclusion, a flat ground.

Festivals and Awards

Berlinale Talent Campus, Germany
!F Istanbul International Independent Film Festival, Turkey
10th Eskisehir International Film Festival, Turkey
45th Golden Orange Film Festival, Antalya, Turkey
5th Akbank Short Film Festival, Turkey
Hisar Short Film Selection, Istanbul, Turkey

MELISA ONEL

Born in Izmir, 1980, Melisa Önel studied at Tufts University and graduated with a degree in International Relations with a concentration on Global Conflict Resolution and Peacekeeping. She independently practiced many aspects of art. Currently, Onel is working and living as a photographer in Istanbul.