BEST DOCUMENTARY AWARD
Boston Turkish Festival's 20th Annual Documentary & Short Film Competition
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DIRECTOR PRESENT
Doc. / 68 min. / 2024 / with English subtitles
SYNOPSIS
Tomatoes, peppers, and all the other plants in Adana’s Çetirevli village survive on medications, just like the diagnosed depression patients who make up half of the village population. As the production of pepper paste—the village’s source of livelihood—goes through various stages such as harvesting, sorting, and grinding, the burden of physically heavy work on people’s mental worlds gradually increases. During a summer coinciding with the pepper harvest, the director retraces the summer memories of her childhood and pursues the question, "how to make pepper paste when depressed? The camera follows her uncle Mehmet, who suffers from depression, his wife Naziye, and her elder uncle Yakup, who lives in the same house and also grapples with depression.
SELECTED FESTIVALS AND AWARDS
AYBÜKE AVCI
Director
Aybüke Avcı completed her high school education at Lycée de Galatasaray. She studied Radio, Television and Cinema at Galatasaray University. Afterwards, she worked as an assistant director and art assistant on various film sets. She also worked in organizations such as "Meetings on the Bridge" and "Antalya Film Forum". Between 2022-2023, she worked as a film programming and project development specialist at Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality Kültür AŞ.
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