ELENE
	SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 2017 4:00 pm Boston University GSU Auditorium 775 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston In Competition Directed by Sezen Kayhan Short / 12 min. / 2016 Cast: Mariam Buturishvili, Maya Pachuashvili, Canan Kızılay, Alperen Kandemir, Magda Karsidze Free admission. Advance registration required.
16-year-old Elene is a Georgian illegal immigrant who works at a tea plantation in Turkey. Feeling threatened by various encounters, she tries to be invisible in this foreign land. But it is not as easy as she thinks.
SELECTED FESTIVALS AND AWARDS !f Istanbul Independent Film Festival, Turkey: Yapımlab Production Award Koç University Migration Center Research Award, Turkey Turkish Ministry of Culture Production Grant Antalya International Film Festival, Turkey Izmir International Short Film Festival, Turkey International Boğaziçi Film Festival, Turkey Ankara University Film Festival, Turkey

SEZEN KAYHAN

Sezen Kayhan (Ankara, 1986) holds a B.A in Archaeology and Art History and an MA in Film and TV. Worked in various film and documentary projects in Turkey, Italy and the US. Attended Sarajevo Talents as a screenwriter. Her first short film Time of the Plums (2012) was screened in over seventy national and international film festivals including Tribeca, Palm Springs, Santa Barbara, Montreal World, Sofia International FF.