Deniz Tortum

Phases of Matter follows living and inanimate residents of a teaching hospital in Istanbul, moving from the operating room to the morgue, between life and other states, the real and the virtual.

Eager in spirit for a better world, an amateur rock band from bohemian Istanbul embarks on an impromptu tour to mainland Turkey, in hopes of sharing their music and love with fellow countrymen.

Türkiye's largest film archive lies in this building. Movies watched and unwatched, a controversial past, a controversial future... The most material view in the history of Turkish cinema: A building in Balmumcu, rooms, doors, reels and films...

OUR ARK is an essay film on our efforts to create a virtual replica of the real world.

A man falls into the Bosphorus on a snowy night. His son, Mete half-heartedly searches for him in wintered Istanbul.

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Phases of Matter follows living and inanimate residents of a teaching hospital in Istanbul, moving from the operating room to the morgue, between life and other states, the real and the virtual.

Eager in spirit for a better world, an amateur rock band from bohemian Istanbul embarks on an impromptu tour to mainland Turkey, in hopes of sharing their music and love with fellow countrymen.

Türkiye's largest film archive lies in this building. Movies watched and unwatched, a controversial past, a controversial future... The most material view in the history of Turkish cinema: A building in Balmumcu, rooms, doors, reels and films...

OUR ARK is an essay film on our efforts to create a virtual replica of the real world.

A man falls into the Bosphorus on a snowy night. His son, Mete half-heartedly searches for him in wintered Istanbul.

No synopsis available yet.

No synopsis available yet.

A collaboration between Reha Erdem and Deniz Tortum.

Showcases Alma, a mysterious guide to this world, it leads you through questions around the climate crisis, irreconcilable realities, and the virtual as a place to take shelter.

Showcases Alma, a mysterious guide to this world, it leads you through questions around the climate crisis, irreconcilable realities, and the virtual as a place to take shelter.

Artist Serkan Özkaya spends seven years obsessively attempting to recreate the world’s most famous sculpture, Michelangelo’s David—at twice its original size and washed in gold

An attempt to make a poem film. A reaction to Efe Murad's poem, "Earth": your sweet and dream instances earth. if the whole of deprivation is tempted. if it truly asks and truly speaks. deprivation reunites earth. how the darknesses through your eyes. hate-kernel burst out of time. to all of the love morsels of love. maybe one day we will love each other. don't leave me alone engulf me earth.

In rural Turkey, a mismatched film crew guns for international acclaim with a topical melodrama

How many neurons do you need to recognize your mother? "A Sentimental Science" explores the limitations of our understanding of how our experience is encoded in neural activity.