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On the Coast

Bu sahilde

Merve Kayan | Zeynep Dadak | Turkey | 2010 | 22' | | IFFR 2010

Carpe Diem on the Turkish coast. A short essay on the ephemeral feeling of summer, as observed in Erikli, a small coastal town in Turkey. It is common in Turkey to travel to the seaside for the summer and settle there temporarily. This shift creates an interim lifestyle, a ‘transformed reality’ that shapes the nature of vacation for many people. We witness an easy and sometimes slightly surrealistic lifestyle.

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Film details

Country of production
Turkey
Year
2010
Festival edition
IFFR 2010
Length
22"
Medium/Format
16mm

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