DIET COKE

A young couple are on a road trip. They see a gas station ahead and decide to stop and take a break. There are two workers at the gas station. Since no one enters the shop, they continue to work there on the same routine every night. They see the customers enter for the first time in a long time and get excited. But they realize that the couple is behaving so strangely. The girl comes to the cash register and says that she wants a Diet Coke but couldn't find one. Then she sees that one of the men has drunk the last one. She starts making a scene. Things get heated and the girl points her gun to the men. The men take out the guns that they have hidden under the table. The boy pulls out a gun from the plush cat in his hand. One of the men was betting on the internet before they came in and while these events are happening, he has remained open on the computer. He wins the bet and loud noises and music come out of the computer. The boy gets scared and accidentally fires the gun. One of the men dies and his friend shoots the boy. As a last resort, the girl turns her gun toward the other guy. They hit each other at the same time. Their dead bodies lie on the ground in the gas station and stay there until someone decides to use that highway.

  • ÇAĞRI HAZAR OĞUZ
    Director
  • TUNA İNCİ MISIRLIOĞLU
    Director
  • TUNA İNCİ MISIRLIOĞLU
    Writer
  • ÇAĞRI HAZAR OĞUZ
    Producer
  • DOĞA ÇAKIR
    Key Cast
  • FURKAN TEKBIYIK
    Key Cast
  • OĞUZ KAHRAMAN
    Key Cast
  • ENES HAS
    Key Cast
  • Project Type:
    Short
  • Genres:
    COMDEY, CRIME
  • Runtime:
    14 minutes
  • Completion Date:
    May 25, 2023
  • Production Budget:
    5,250 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    Turkey
  • Country of Filming:
    Turkey
  • Language:
    Turkish
  • Shooting Format:
    DIGITAL
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    Yes
  • Student Project:
    Yes - BAHCESEHIR UNIVERSITY
Director Biography - ÇAĞRI HAZAR OĞUZ, TUNA İNCİ MISIRLIOĞLU

Çağrı was born on October 2, 1999 in Tekirdağ, Turkey.
He is studying Cinema and TV at Bahçeşehir University.
In 2022, he founded his own producton company FILM178.
FILM178 working on major state-sponsored documentary projects and festival short films.
In 2022, he attended nine week creative producing program which is organized by Netflix instructed from Producer Edward Saxon and he selected for Netflix Emerging Producer Program which is going to be in London on July. He has been participating in film festivals such as cannes, berlinale, tashkent and sarajevo for two years. He is currently working on new festival short film which name is DIET COKE.

İnci was born on March 24, 2001, in İstanbul, Turkey. 
She is studying Cinema and TV and Visual Communication Design at Bahçeşehir University.
In 2022, she attended a fourteen-week-long screenwriting program which is organized by Netflix. She worked as a director’s assistant in the Visual Focus Film’s Begonvil short film. She is currently working on the social media team at Fil’mHafızası. She has been participating in film festivals such as Cannes, Berlinale, and Sarajevo for two years.

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Director Statement

Although Diet Coke is not concerned with giving a message, it aims to tell a chaotic story in which action and love coexist. As if straight out of a comic book, we showed people from two different worlds crossing paths one night in a universe where no one questions anything. Using the sitcom style, we made the story more absurd.