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EDIBLE MAGIC
MAGIA COMESTIBILIS
Documentary; Italian, Sardinian, English, French; Turkish, English Subtitles; Turkey, France, Italy; 2025; Color; 13'
DIRECTOR: Nazif Can Akçalı
PRODUCER: Le Fresnoy – Studio national des arts contemporains
SCREENPLAY: Nazif Can Akçalı
CINEMATOGRAPHER: Luca del Vigo, Guillaume Delsert
EDITING: Nazif Can Akçalı, Mathilde Chazaud-Kretschmer
CAST: Nazif Can Akçalı, Pierre le Guen, Tattanu Milia, Angelo Mula, Piero Sale
SYNOPSIS
Edible Magic explores our relationship with food by bringing together the simple dietary traditions of centenarians in Sardinia's Blue Zone and the technology-driven practices of contemporary biohackers. The film positions artificial intelligence, which is fed by scientific and cultural data, as a tool for generating recipes, and traces the possibility of creating an "immortality food" through the collaboration of humans, bacteria, and algorithms.
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I AM 12,000 YEARS OLD
Documentary; Turkish; English Subtitles; Turkey; 2026; Color; 33'
DIRECTOR: Batuhan Karadağoğlu
PRODUCER: Batuhan Karadağoğlu, Serdar Atacan
SCREENPLAY: Batuhan Karadağoğlu
CINEMATOGRAPHER: Batuhan Karadağoğlu
EDITING: Utku Baş
CAST: Gökhan Çalkın
SYNOPSIS
Living in a small village hidden among the mountains of Kars, Gökhan places the rock art he stumbled upon years ago at the center of his life. Ignored by the state, academics, and villagers, these markings on the rocks are the voices of the past to him. While trying to support his family as a shepherd, Gökhan also strives with his own limited means, in order to protect this cultural heritage. SURREAL SYRIA
Documentary; Turkish, Arabic; Turkish, English Subtitles; Turkey; 2025; Color; 37'
DIRECTOR: Dihat Kaya, Ahmed Akaltun
PRODUCER: Tülay Gökçimen
SCREENPLAY: Dihat Kaya, Ahmed Akaltun
CINEMATOGRAPHER: Ahmed Akaltun
EDITING: Betül Akaltun
CAST: Tülay Gökçimen, Muhammed Fatih Sinan
SYNOPSIS:
"Surreal Syria" documents a social rebirth, spanning from oppression to the first year of freedom, through the testimonies of survivors from prisons like Sednaya and Adra. The film reveals collective trauma through archival footage, location shots, and unfinished letters, capturing both the pursuit of justice for lost years and the hope that spills into the streets. The documentary focuses on how voices that oppression could not silence find new life in public squares.
Date & Time
Start
10 November 2026, Tuesday
13:00
Location - Atatürk Kültür Merkezi - Taksim
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