8 MONTHS
8 Ay

In Competition

Directed by Hüseyin Aydın Gürsoy
Short / 19 min. / 2013
Cast: Turgay Tanülkü, Yazgülü Tunar

Synopsis

Halit is a retired laborer who also worked as taxi driver for many years. He lives in a remote village in Ordu. The only meaningful thing in his life is the routine phone conversations that he makes every Thursday with his son, who serves in the military in a very dangerous and deadly place.

Selected Festivals and Awards

* Festival du Film de Clamart, France: Audience Award
* DAUFILM Festival, France: Audience Award
* International Sens Film Festival, France: Audience Award
* L'Inconnu Festival, France: Audience Award
* International Maremetraggio Film Festival, Italy: Best Film Award
* NOFI Film Festival, Los Angeles, U.S.A.: Best Actor Award
* International Aubagne Film Festival, France
* International Brussels Short Film Festival, Belgium
* International Busan Short Film Festival,  South Korea
* International Skepto Film Festival, Italy
* Directors Lounge of Berlin, Germany
* BUtiful Film Festival, U.K.
* Festival des nouveaux cinemas, France
* Chacun son court, Strasbourg, France
* In the Palace
* International Short Film Festival, Bulgaria
* Festival internacional de cortometrajes de Torrelavega, Spain
* Festival Internacional de Cine Educativo y Espiritual De Ciudad Rodrigo, Columbia
* DEA Film Festival, Albania
* Islantilla Cinefórum, Spain
* Odense International Film Festival, Denmark

Hüseyin Aydın GÜRSOY

Hüseyin Aydın Gürsoy was born in 1988 in Turkey, and  has been living France since he was three years old. Following a drama education of ten years, he began working on filmmaking and directing. After directing a few short films, in 2011, he established a production company with two partners, Quadrangle Productions. The first short film that he produced was "Fourteenth" (Ondördüncü). He made his second short film, "8 Months", in Turkey, in the village where he was born, with a support from the Ministry of Culture and Tourism of Turkey.  He recently received his Master's degree from Computer Science. He is now working on his new short film project, "Spider Web" (Örümcek Ağı).