Departures (2011)

Directed by

Ali Yasin Akarcesme

Genre

drama film

Country

Turkey

Rating

7.2 of 10 from 2 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This is a short film about a person leaving Turkey for the United States. It shows the emotional experience of saying goodbye and starting a new life in a different country.

poignantbittersweetcontemplativeintimatequietrealisticyearning

What happens

Departures (Turkish: Kavuşma) is a 2011 Turkish short film directed by Ali Y. Akarçeşme. The film is twelve minutes long and is about immigration to the United States from Turkey. In order to raise funds for the film, Akarçeşme held a successful Kickstarter campaign that raised $2,665. Departures was named Best Drama at the Brownfish Short Film Festival in New York City in 2011. And he won the Best Director Award at NY ITN Distribution Film Festival. These awards were the first Akarçeşme received while living in the United States. In 2012, the film was screened at New York's Rushes Soho Shorts Film Festival and the Love Your Shorts Film Festival and competed in the Boston Turkish Film Festival. The film also had official selections in various festivals such as NY Soho International, New Hope, Spain's Renderyard, Buffalo Niagara, NJ's Garden State and more. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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