| Dormitory | |
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| Directed by | Nehir Tuna |
| Screenplay by | Nehir Tuna |
| Starring | Doğa Karakaş |
| Cinematography | Florent Herry |
| Edited by | Ayris Alptekin |
| Music by | Avi Medina |
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| Language | Turkish |
Dormitory (Turkish: Yurt) is a 2023 Turkish-German-French coming-of-age drama film written and directed by Nehir Tuna, at his feature film debut.
The film premiered at the 80th edition of the Venice Film Festival, in the Horizons sidebar.
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For the film, Nehir Tuna drew on his own experience attending a religious boarding school for five years. [1] The film is a sequel of his award-winning short film The Shoes, [2] and is a co-production by Turkish company TN Yapım, German Red Balloon Film GmbH, and French Ciné-Sud Promotion, with support from the Sundance Fellowship for Production and Development. [3] Filming took place in Izmir, in the Aegean Region of Turkey, between 2019 and 2022. [4]
The film Horizons section at the 80th Venice International Film Festival. [1] The film was also screened at the 2023 Marrakech International Film Festival, where Doğa Karakaş was awarded best actor. [5]
The film was described as 'a pleasant surprise, offering the paradoxical story of a teenager caught between religious tensions and explosions of testosterone.' [6]
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