Experiencing Interruptions?

Limbo

Isa has a happy family life. After the traffic accident of his father, he starts searching for something more. Instead of conforming to the definition of success his family makes, he wants to do his own thing and travel the world.

  • Samet Karaman
    Director
  • Samet Karaman
    Writer
  • Ata Şimşek
    Key Cast
    "İsa"
  • Ebru Gürsel
    Key Cast
    "Mother"
  • Ekrem Çağlayan
    Key Cast
    "Father"
  • Gökçe Göksu
    Key Cast
    "Teacher"
  • Samet Karaman
    Producer
  • Ozan Yunus Engin
    Producer
    Blue, Beginning
  • Emine Karaman
    Producer
  • Özgün Kabakçıoğlu
    Producer
    Baba Usta: Where We All End Up, Solar Heart, Malfunction
  • Özgün Kabakçıoğlu
    Director of Photography
    Baba Usta: Where We All End Up, Solar Heart, Malfunction
  • Cüneyt Işık
    Art Director
  • Arda Bilgin
    Art Assistant
  • Aslı Karabulut
    Casting Director
  • Sinan Önder
    Assistant Director
  • Ozan Çulha
    Assistant Director
  • Özgün Kabakçıoğlu
    Editor
    Baba Usta: Where We All End Up, Solar Heart, Malfunction
  • Erdinç Arıcı
    Sound
  • Project Type:
    Short
  • Genres:
    Drama
  • Runtime:
    9 minutes 28 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    May 1, 2018
  • Production Budget:
    1,000 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:
    No
  • Cannes Film Festival
    Cannes
    France
    May 13, 2018
    World Premier
    Short Film Corner
Director Biography - Samet Karaman

I opened my eyes to this world as the son of a construction worker and a housewife in 1985. Acting school was the most important turning point in my personal development. Free books, musical instruments and tea. After graduation, I acted in theatre and film. I directed stageplays in different parts of Turkey also went on a tour with our plays which allowed me to get to know many people from different backgrounds. I currently produce web series and short films. My name is Samet Karaman, I am chasing my dreams which started on the floor of a acting school stage twenty centimetres above ground.

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Director Statement

I overcame the emptiness that formed after my father left us, when I got in to theatre school. Theatre, literature and music taught me dreaming about what I can leave behind me instead of worrying about what problems life brings. Father of my father used to confront me about going to theatre school and tell me how empty my endeavours are. Isa’s story is one of the stories of young people like myself and others. Some of them postpones their dreams in order to work and provide a better future to their brothers, like me. Some of them can’t hang in there and commit suicide. Some of them are braver than most of us, they pack up and leave.