LEARNING HOW TO SWIM

YÜZME ÖĞRENIYORUM

By Serpil ALTIN

SERPIL ALTIN FILM - as PROD

Drama - Completed 2017

Hasan and Ruksan are a couple who fled away from the internal war in Syria and settled in Izmir, Cesme in Turkey. They dream about leaving Cesme to go to Europe by boat for a better future.

Festivals
& Awards

KısaKes Short Film Festival 2017
Pitching Platform, Production Support Award
International İzmir Short Film Festival 2017
National Fiction, Migros Youth Award
Setem Akademi; BAK 2017
National Fiction, Jury Special Award
Akbank Short Film Festival 2017
Short Film Forum, Script Competition, Finalist
Int'l Antalya Golden Orange 2017
Antalya Film Forum, Shorts @AFF, Finalist
KısaKes Short Film Festival 2017
Pitching Shorts, Screening
Uşak Kanatlı Denizatı Film Festival 2017
National Short Film, Screening
Clermont Ferrand 2018
Shorts From Turkey
    • Year of production
    • 2017
    • Genres
    • Drama
    • Countries
    • TURKEY
    • Languages
    • ARABIC, TURKISH
    • Budget
    • 0 - 0.3 M$
    • Duration
    • 12 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Serpil ALTIN
    • Synopsis
    • Hasan and Ruksan are a couple who fled away from the internal war in Syria and settled in Izmir, Cesme in Turkey. They dream about leaving Cesme to go to Europe by boat for a better future. Ruksan learns how to swim so she can survive if things go wrong.