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I Wait Around the Corner

The story is about the life story of the 55-year-old Hatice, who is the only woman working as a toilet attendant in a male tradesman-dominated bus station. His father killed his mother at a young age, his mother went to the grave and his father went to prison. While we are witnessing the story of our character who grew up in the orphanage in Adana, we will also witness the different lives at the bus station through Hatice's eyes.

  • Neslihan KULTUR
    Director
  • Neslihan KULTUR
    Writer
  • Neslihan KULTUR
    Producer
  • Hatice KANDEMIR
    Key Cast
    "Hatice"
  • Uğur ICBAK
    Color Grading Supervisor
  • Emre KOCAZORBAZ
    Color Grading
  • Emre KELESOGLU
    Camera Operator
  • Batukan CEYLAN
    Camera Operator
  • Samil KAFKAS
    Editing Director
  • Sura MUSTAFA
    Editing
  • Yıldıray ARIKAN
    Light Chief
  • Samet YILDIRIM
    Light Assistant
  • Samil KAFKAS
    Mixing
  • Devrim GEZGIN
    Mixing
  • Vedat TEKIN
    Poster Design
  • Berkant UCAR
    Creative Director
  • Hulya ONAL
    Mentor
  • Fetay SOYKAN
    Mentor
  • Muhammed Ali TEKAYAK
    Subtitle
  • Emre KELESOGLU
    Sound Recordist
  • Project Title (Original Language):
    Köşe Başı Beklerim
  • Project Type:
    Documentary
  • Runtime:
    59 minutes
  • Completion Date:
    August 15, 2022
  • Production Budget:
    16,500 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    Türkiye
  • Country of Filming:
    Türkiye
  • Language:
    Turkish
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Digital Cinema Package:
    Unavailable
  • 29th International Adana Golden Boll Film Festival 2022
    Adana
    Turkey
    September 14, 2022
    Best Documentary Film Award
  • 6th International Women Filmmakers Festival 2023
    İzmir
    Turkey
    March 12, 2023
    Europe Premier
    Denmark Camera Eye National Documentary Jury Award
  • 6th International Women Filmmakers Festival 2023
    İzmir
    Turkey
    March 12, 2023
    SIYAD Best Documentary Award
Distribution Information
  • Ferzan Özyaşar
    Distributor
    Rights: All Rights
Director Biography - Neslihan KULTUR

Neslihan KULTUR was born in Adana in 1983. She completed her primary, secondary, and high school education in Adana. Between 2001 and 2006, she studied Medien Wissen Schaft (Radio Cinema TV) in Stuttgart, Germany. Coming to Turkey in 2007; she continued her education at Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University, Faculty of Fine Arts, Department of Cinema and TV, and Kocaeli University, Faculty of Communication, Department of Radio, Television and Cinema. She is continuing her Ph.D. at Maltepe University, Department of Communication Sciences, Cinema, and TV for a semester at Beykent University. Currently giving lessons at Gelişim University; she continues her academic career as the Head of the Department of Audio-VisualTechniques and Media Production as well as an independent director. At the same time, she teaches cinema as a lecturer at the Department of Radio, Cinema and Television, Faculty of Communication at Maltepe University. She filmed a weekly TV documentary consisting of 13 episodes for the TRT documentary channel. Her two subsequent short films one filmed in 2009 and the other in 2011 were entitled to be screened in many national and international festivals. Her documentary named ‘’One Day I Will Die Too’’ which she filmed with the support of the Ministry of Tourism and Culture in 2014 was screened in many national and international festivals and received an award.

In 2022, with the contributions of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, General Directorate of Cinema, he shot his documentary, I Wait Around the Corner, and was selected as the best film in the category of the National Feature-Length Documentary Competition at the 29th International Adana Altin Koza Film Festival, where it was screened for the first time.

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Director Statement

Although documentaries are undoubtedly divided into many branches, as a documentary director, making the camera forget even when the reality is touched by the camera is the most striking priority of the documentary for me. For this reason, identifying with the place and character for a long time in a documentary brings us closer to reality. During the shooting process of the documentary I Wait Around the Corner and after a long time spent with the character and location, the shooting started. Contrary to the discourse of the victimized woman, which is on the agenda in many documentaries, in this documentary, we can talk about a female character who has managed to exist among male tradesmen and gain economic freedom despite many difficulties. In every corner of society we pass by every minute of every day; However, the documentary I Wait Around the Corner, in which we turn our heads and squint at a minimal but huge story, basically witnesses many interesting characters in the bus station world on this axis.