STORM
Fırtına

In Competition

Directed by Aydın Kapancık
Doc. / 27’ 10” / 2013

Synopsis

The film features three people living in Çamlıhemşin whose stories connect them to the places they lived in. Life has doomed many to foreign land, making them fight for bread, but as the years pass, they start to feel deeply for what they left behind. They struggle to become watchman of their past but it is a struggle full of loneliness, emptiness, and longing for lost moments.

Selected Festivals and Awards

* TRT Documentary Days, Istanbul, Turkey: Best Film
* Golden Plane Film Festival, Kayseri, Turkey: Best Cinematography
* Ataşehir Environmental Short Films Competition: Best Documentary
* İnönü University International Short Film Festival: Finalist

Aydın KAPANCIK

Aydın Kapancık was born in Ankara in 1981. He graduated from Anadolu University, Department of Cinema and Television in 2006. He studied at FAMU (The Film and Television School of the Academy of Performing Arts) in Czech Republic via Erasmus student exchange program.

Filmography:

Storm / Fırtına (doc., 2013)
Tomorrow was Another Day / Ayaz Vurgunu (short, 2013)
Adsız ve Damsız (doc., 2010)
Göçebe / Nomad (doc., 2007)