The Wonderful Affair

Harika is a child whose Kurdish family was set refuge from Siirt to Manisa at the end of 1980’s.
With her own words, he is a transsexual feeling female spirit in his own body since early childhood. She lives in Izmir since 2000 and makes a living by prostutition.
It suggests the audience an unjudgemental stance for homophobia.

  • Tahir Ün
    Director
  • Project Type:
    Documentary, Other
  • Genres:
    Documentary
  • Runtime:
    5 minutes
  • Completion Date:
    June 5, 2016
  • Country of Origin:
    Turkey
  • Country of Filming:
    Turkey
  • Language:
    Kurdish, Turkish
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Black & White and Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Pink Life QueerFest
    Ankara
    Turkey
    January 18, 2017
  • The San Francisco Sex Worker Film & Arts Festival
    San Francisco
    United States
    May 21, 2017
  • Palace International Film Festival
    Piotrowice Nyskie
    Poland
    July 15, 2017
  • North Carolina Gay and Lesbian Film Festival
    Durham
    United States
    August 11, 2017
  • 19th. Thessaloniki LGBTI International Film Festival
    Thessaloniki
    Greece
    October 2, 2017
  • LesGaiCineMad, Madrid International LGBTI Film Festival
    Madrid
    Spain
    November 2, 2017
  • Transition International Queer Minorities Film Festival
    Vienna
    Austria
    November 9, 2017
  • LGBTI+ Youth Festival
    Izmir
    Turkey
    May 5, 2017
  • Sex Worker Film Festival
    Copenhagen
    Denmark
    November 22, 2017
  • Les Irrécupérables
    Paris
    France
    November 30, 2017
  • Santo Domingo OutFest
    Santo Domingo
    Dominican Republic
    December 5, 2017
  • Zinegoak International LGTB Film and Performing Arts Festival
    Bilbao
    Spain
    February 20, 2018
  • Zinentiendo LGTBIQ Film Festival
    Zaragoza
    Spain
    April 25, 2018
    Official Selection
  • Queer Festival Heidelberg
    Heidelberg
    Germany
    May 6, 2018
  • Festival de Asunción
    Asunción
    Paraguay
    July 12, 2018
    Official Selection
  • Scottish Queer International Film Festival (SQIFF)
    Glasgow
    United Kingdom
    December 9, 2018
  • Queerbee LGBT Film Festival
    London
    United Kingdom
    December 14, 2018
    Official Selection
  • LGBTQ Shorts Film Festival
    Montana
    United States
    June 11, 2019
  • Queer Asia Film Festival
    London
    United Kingdom
    June 17, 2019
Director Biography - Tahir Ün

Tahir Un was born in Turkey in 1960. He holds a BA degree from Language and History-Geography Faculty of Ankara University, where he studied History of European Arts.
He gives lectures in photography and multimedia essay in the Communication Faculty of Yasar University, Turkey.
Tahir Un is currently active in photography and new media arts. He lives in Izmir.

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Director Statement

If art is a language to express myself, then inspiration ought to be the very life in which I am. And societal issues troubling me every so often, and sometimes my own dilemmas… Lies in the foundation of all a moral and humanitarian urge to question, shaped by one’s own ideologies. Indubitably to me, starting off with strong concepts devoid of mass-market meretriciousness, putting them in a story line and choosing the right material to ensure a firm expression make up the indispensable principles.

I maintain that an artist, and naturally his work, can not be deprived of a reflection of his ideology. In a sense, your ideology is a prime source of your stance in life