Drift
ARAS since lost his job has been drifting away from the real life. He has got a distant relation with his wife LAL for a while. She rarely shows up at home, mostly at night very lately. He hopes that LAL finds his letter about his decision to end his life and save him from this miserable situation. His suicidal attempts always been interrupted each and every time by a woman in his dreams whose always been desired by ARAS. Woman in his dreams always appears in a way, but when he is very close to her, she disappears.
LAL cannot notice this letter and she even does not aware what is going on. Furthermore, she is planning to leave him for her lover and she leaves him at the end of the film. When ARAS finds something proves her affair with another man accidentaly, he decided not to pretend but committed suicide for real. Fortunately, he could not succeed and found himself at hospital and come across with Doctor NIL who has a close relation with ARAS before his marriage. WOMAN in his dreams appears suddenly in real world during his last attempt for suicide. LAL is leaving home at the same time, forever. ARAS, stands on the edge of roof of the building and is about to jump and killed himself, is confused and is not sure what to do. Shouts to call her but she disappears again, forever.
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Gökhan CivanDirectorMy Queen
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Gökhan CivanWriterMy Queen
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Echoes FilmProducerMy Queen
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Ahmet Uğur SayKey Cast"Aras"
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Tuğba ÇelikKey Cast"Woman in dreams"
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Güneş GürpınarKey Cast"Lal"
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Elif ParlakKey Cast"Doctor Nil"
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Project Type:Short
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Runtime:13 minutes 49 seconds
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Completion Date:January 10, 2020
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Production Budget:5,000 USD
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Country of Origin:Turkey
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Country of Filming:Turkey
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Language:Turkish
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Shooting Format:Digital
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Aspect Ratio:16:9
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Film Color:Color
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First-time Filmmaker:Yes
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Student Project:No
Gökhan Civan, borned in İzmir, TURKEY, 1967. Lives in İstanbul. Has been working on photography for a long time. Mainly shootings for model and actress/actors and stage photography for acting and dancing performances. Graduated from Şahika Tekand Studio Players and still has been participating several acting studios time to time. Took part two independent feature films (Sofra Sırları and Saf) and eight short films. Participated scenario workshops of Ümit Ünal in Gümüşlük Akademisi Vakfı and Gülengül Altıntaş in İstanbul Film Akademisi in 2017 and in 2019.
Worked as a production assistant in Öykü Arin’e Umut Ol project in 2018.
Joined Film Directing Atelier in İstanbul Film Academy in 2019. Directed one student short film written by himself ; and contributed some of the short film projects as a crew member.
Directed and completed two short films consecutively, written by himself in 2020.