From Afar

A Turkish woman in London struggles with feelings of guilt, sorrow and anger after a natural disaster plunges her homeland into a state of national crisis.

  • Stephanie Yasemin Renique
    Director
  • Bernadett Swann
    Producer
  • Bernadett Swann
    Cinematography
  • Ugur Bastug
    Music
  • Selina Youngerman
    Key Cast
  • Rebecca Baker
    Key Cast
  • Stephanie Yasemin Renique
    Key Cast
  • Eniko Edelsbrunner
    Colourist
  • Project Type:
    Short
  • Genres:
    Drama, Social
  • Runtime:
    6 minutes 35 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    March 17, 2023
  • Country of Origin:
    United Kingdom
  • Country of Filming:
    United Kingdom
  • Language:
    English, Turkish
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    2.35:1
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
Director Biography - Stephanie Yasemin Renique

Stephanie Yasemin Renique is Dutch and Turkish and is based in London. She was raised in Indonesia and in The Netherlands, where she was educated at the International School of Amsterdam. She then moved to California to pursue her bachelor's in Business Administration. Afterwards, Stephanie lived and worked in Istanbul, Turkey as a tech startup entrepreneur before relocating to England to study at The London School of Economics and Political Science, where she attained her first Master's degree in Management.

Several years into a successful career in the tech industry at companies including Apple and Microsoft, Stephanie left her job to become a storyteller and develop a career in performance and filmmaking. She trained at London Rose Bruford College on the prestigious conservatoire Acting programme where she attained her second Master's degree in Acting in 2019.

Stephanie has since been producing and directing documentaries and shorts through the independent film company "Riverine Productions".

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Director Statement

A reaction to the recent earthquakes in Turkey and Syria, my directorial debut "From Afar" is an exploration into how we process being physically distant yet emotionally linked to faraway places we consider home.