Aşrı (Distant)
Short Films • 9m 1s
Bahar's simple but happy life changes after her husband buys a second wife, Meryem. After spending a day filled with tension, the women realize that they’re not that different from each other.
Ecegül Bayram is a Turkish director and production designer. She graduated from New York University Tisch School of the Arts with a BFA in Film and Television and a minor in Politics. She’s also an alumni of Robert College of Istanbul. Her first short film AŞRI (DISTANT), won the First Prize Kalborg Award at NYU’s New Visions and Voices Competition and the Best Student Film Award at Porto Femme International Film Festival. She has worked professionally on multiple short films, music videos and commercials in the United States, Greece and Spain.
NFFTY AUDIENCE AWARD
DIRECTED BY ECEGÜL BAYRAM
TURKEY | 2018 | ARABIC & TURKISH WITH ENGLISH SUBTITLES
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