Merve Kayan

Deniz and her friends, who have been apart for the summer, have much to tell each other. While adults are busy with their professional lives, Deniz and her friends are still confused about their university plans. Through the worries of their daily routines, they make plans for the future, yet the challenges of teenage years/adolescence are burdensome. Deniz desires a life that is different than the ideals of her friends. A song nobody has heard of, a hopeless love, solitude. A different world, but where exactly?

A sunny day at the Archery Club. A play within a play within a play... Taking a break from the practice, five friends play “Wink Murder”. Strategy, intuition and luck – each has its own moment of triumph. Which one’s the hardest? Proving one’s innocence or hiding one’s guilt?

The film reflects on the nature of vacation, as it is a transformed version of reality, the fantastical counterpart to winter.

Elope is the story of a sorrowful, half human and half donkey adolescent. During the journey he takes from the city into nature, he is accompanied by his mother, his mother’s morning coffee friends, plastic birds, real horses and "kim ki o"…

Deniz and her friends, who have been apart for the summer, have much to tell each other. While adults are busy with their professional lives, Deniz and her friends are still confused about their university plans. Through the worries of their daily routines, they make plans for the future, yet the challenges of teenage years/adolescence are burdensome. Deniz desires a life that is different than the ideals of her friends. A song nobody has heard of, a hopeless love, solitude. A different world, but where exactly?

Deniz and her friends, who have been apart for the summer, have much to tell each other. While adults are busy with their professional lives, Deniz and her friends are still confused about their university plans. Through the worries of their daily routines, they make plans for the future, yet the challenges of teenage years/adolescence are burdensome. Deniz desires a life that is different than the ideals of her friends. A song nobody has heard of, a hopeless love, solitude. A different world, but where exactly?

A sunny day at the Archery Club. A play within a play within a play... Taking a break from the practice, five friends play “Wink Murder”. Strategy, intuition and luck – each has its own moment of triumph. Which one’s the hardest? Proving one’s innocence or hiding one’s guilt?

The film reflects on the nature of vacation, as it is a transformed version of reality, the fantastical counterpart to winter.

The film reflects on the nature of vacation, as it is a transformed version of reality, the fantastical counterpart to winter.

The film reflects on the nature of vacation, as it is a transformed version of reality, the fantastical counterpart to winter.

Elope is the story of a sorrowful, half human and half donkey adolescent. During the journey he takes from the city into nature, he is accompanied by his mother, his mother’s morning coffee friends, plastic birds, real horses and "kim ki o"…