FINALIST November 18 - December 3, 2023 SPECIAL MENTION PERIPETEIA Short / 15 min. / 2023 / with English subtitles DIRECTOR Merve Gezen CAST Adem Çeliktop, Baran Karadeli, Cafer Varlı, Tuğba Şardan SCREENWRITER Merve Gezen PRODUCER Defne Gezen CINEMATOGRAPHER Mustafa Kuşçu EDITOR Eren Güney An ordinary day in the life of 9-year-old Adem who helps support his family by collecting from the garbage papers and plastics to sell. Selected Festivals and Awards Cine Paris Film Festival, France (2023): Best Short Film FIFOG (Festival International des Films Oriental de Geneve, Switzerland (2023) Lulea International Film Festival, Sweden (2023) Diritti a Baschi, Human Rights International Film Festival, Italy (2023) Merve GEZEN Merve Gezen studied at Paris National Superior High Conservatory and holds a B.A and M.A degree from Paris Sorbonne University in the theatre and cinema department. She focuses on child and women rights in her films. She is currently doing Ph.D. research regarding child rights and cinema. Her filmography includes Peripeteia (2023), Suskunluk/Speechless (2019), Scrabble (2016), Nerdesin Aşkım?/ Where are you my love? (2014), Hela Sohbetleri/The Conversations of Loo (2012).