A Topography of Memory
Espejo de: A Woman Escapes
Projected with Point and Line to Plane + Red Capriccio
program information
Director:
Burak Çevik
Producer, Editing, Script:
Burak Çevik
Sound Design:
Yalın Ö zgencil
Production Company:
Fol Film
Critical text
We observe the ghostly night of a lonely Istanbul through panoramic views recorded by security cameras. Meanwhile, a family discusses voting options in view of the imminent elections. The intimate and political intertwine in this particular urban portrait that, under its apparent calm, hides a disturbing view about the control of democracy, social alienation, and the inevitable tragic becoming of a nation that five months later would see Erdoğan’s AKP party regaining the parliamentary majority. JAVIER H. ESTRADA
BIOGRAPHY
Burak Cevik (1993, Istanbul) founded Fol Cinema Society and curated experimental and arthouse film screenings. He was lecturer on Non-Fiction between 2018-2020 at Istanbul Bilgi University. His films The Pillar of Salt (2018), Belonging (2019) and Forms of Forgetting (2023) premiered at Berlinale Forum. His video works have screened at various festivals, such as Locarno Festival, Toronto International Film Festival, FID Marseille and New York Film Festival.
