O GÜN BU GÜNDÜR, UÇUYORUM – EVER SINCE, I HAVE BEEN FLYING
Aylin Gökmen | Switzerland 2023 | 19 min. | Turkish, Kurdish with English subtitles
TUESDAY, 21.05. | 7pm
De France, Saal 1 | TICKETS
PART OF THE SHORT FILM PROGRAMME ISA II
Austrian premiere
Grass and memories blow in the wind. Why is the beauty of this story so surprisingly unusual? A political portrait in which subtlety and harshness, reality and dream intertwine. O GÜN BU GÜNDÜR, UÇUYORUM traces moments of youth of the 60-year-old Kurdish man Vakif. Nothing is glossed over in this embrace of opposites that make up Vakif’s biography, a biography that has a place for everything.
Director: Aylin Gökmen
Cinematography: Victor Maes
Editing: Aylin Gökmen
Sound: Philippe Ciompi
Production: Aylin Gökmen / A Vol d’Oiseau
SCREENINGS AND AWARDS
1. Locarno Film Festival, Switzerland (2 – 12 August, 2023) Pardi di domani – National Competition
2. Toronto International Film Festival, Canada (7 – 17 September, 2023) – Short Cuts
3. Camden International Film Festival, United States (14 – 17 September, 2023) – Official Selection
4. Chaktomuk Short Film Festival, Cambodia (27 – 30 October, 2023) – International Competition
5. Denver Film Festival, United States (3 – 12 November, 2023) – Competition
6. Festival dei Popoli, Italy (4 – 12th November, 2023)
– International Short Film Competition Won: Best Short-Length Documentary Award
7. Diaspora Film Festival, Canada (3 – 4 & 11 – 12 November, 2023) – Official Selection
8. INTERFILM International Short Film Festival Berlin, Germany (14 – 19 November, 2023)
– Documentary Competition Won: Second Prize Confrontation Competition
9. Rencontres Internationales du Documentaire de Montréal, Canada (16 – 26 November, 2023)
– International Short & Mid-length Competition Won: Best Film
BIOGRAPHY
Aylin Gökmen is a Swiss-Turkish filmmaker and producer at A VOL D’OISEAU, with degrees from Lausanne University and DocNomads. Her short films have been screened internationally in festivals such as Locarno, Sundance and Telluride.
● Ever Since, I Have Been Flying – 2023 – 18′
● Spirits and Rocks: An Azorean Myth – 2020 – 14’ (graduation film)
