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In the Envelope

Postman İshak, who is lonely because people disappointed him, questions his own life while unknowingly writing the suicide letter of Naide, who feels guilty for her mistakes and takes care of her paralyzed husband for years but has no purpose in life anymore and will commit suicide.

  • Berkay Onurer Akkaya
    Director
  • Berkay Onurer Akkaya
    Writer
  • Furkan Sönmez
    Producer
  • Berkay Onurer Akkaya
    Producer
  • Kerem Alp Kabul
    Key Cast
    "Ishak"
  • Semah Tugsel
    Key Cast
    "Naide"
  • Project Title (Original Language):
    Mazruf
  • Project Type:
    Short, Student
  • Runtime:
    18 minutes 39 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    August 28, 2022
  • Production Budget:
    1,000 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    Turkey
  • Country of Filming:
    Turkey
  • Language:
    Turkish
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    17:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    Yes
  • Student Project:
    Yes - Yeditepe University
  • Luma Kısa Film Festivali
    İstanbul
    Turkey
    October 25, 2022
    Official Selection
  • Kayseri Altın Cınar Film Festivali
    Kayseri
    Turkey
    December 14, 2022
    Official Selection
  • Kar Film Festival
    Erzurum
    Turkey
    December 14, 2022
    2nd Best Short Film
Director Biography - Berkay Onurer Akkaya

He was born in July 22, 1998 in UskUdar, Istanbul. He completed his high school education at Uskudar Hacı Sabancı Anatolian High School. He is a 4th year student of Radio, Television and Cinema at Yeditepe University. The director shot a short film called 42 in 2018. Mazruf is the director's second short film.

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Director Statement

I made the short film Mazruf(In the Envelope) in order to share the endless questions about my life with people. One of the characters in my film was created to reflect a possibility that I am afraid of when I am old, and the other to reflect the situation i am in right now. The conversation of these two characters with each other is like two voices in me talking to each other. Thanks to Mazruf, I found some small solutions by thinking about my issues I was questioning and added these solutions to the script of my film. I found it appropriate to shoot the film in yellow tones. The reason for this is that I think that it disturbs the audience and I do want this discomfort to put the audience from a passive viewer position to an active and participant position. In general, I wanted to shoot the film away from static and confused camera movements because the film has a lot to say verbally, so the camera movements should be simple. However, at the end of the film, I used more dynamic camera movements to increase the excitement. Snorricam, contributed to the tension in my film at the very end of the film.