Section: Short Film Competition

DEAD BUT NOT GONE

DEAD BUT NOT GONE

Hêvî Çinar
DE/TR, 2025, 22 Min

Nûşîn returns to her Kurdish family when her sister is hospitalised after attempting suicide and is declared brain dead. But her sister is pregnant – accidentally? Torn between feelings of guilt, shame and social pressure, Nûşîn fights against her family's wish to keep her sister's body alive until the baby is born.

FFC(C)

Performance

2025-11-07 | 21:15
Weltspiegel Großer Saal
2025-11-09 | 14:00
Weltspiegel Saal 2

Text: Joshua Jádi

 

LONG NIGHT OF SHORT FILMS II
6 short films, 113 min

Fri 07.11. I 21:15 I WELTSPIEGEL GROSSER SAAL I original version with English and German subtitles

Sun 09.11. I 14:00 I WELTSPIEGEL SAAL 2 I original version with English and German subtitles

Drehbuch
Hêvî Çinar (in collab with Haz Dü)
Kamera
Sebastian Weber
Ton
Fatih Ragbet
Schnitt
Selda Taskin, Erhan Örs
Ausstattung
Görkem Canbolat
Musik
Elif Dikeç
Darsteller
Mizgin Özel, Nazan Kesal
Produzent
Hêvî Çinar

Hêvî Çinar - In her work as a filmmaker, Hêvî Çinar explores how societal norms inscribethemselves onto women’s bodies. With a strong interest in stories that uncoversilenced experiences and confront cultural taboos, she combines social drama witha visceral visual language. DEAD BUT NOT GONE is her first short film. She is currently developing her debutfeature DEAD BUT NOT GONE (working title), which expands the story into a feature-length narrative.

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