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The last hours of the journey by boat on the Aegean coast of forty illegal immigrants, who set off for Europe in a closed truck bed.

  • Gursel Ates
    Director
  • Huseyin Alp Tahmaz
    Writer
  • Perde Sanat Production
    Producer
    War Crime - Savaş Suçu
  • Ibrahim Sevinc
    Key Cast
    "Ismail"
  • Demirel Isik
    Key Cast
    "Cemal"
  • Caner Karadag
    Key Cast
    "Ahmad"
  • Orhan Ay
    Key Cast
    "Husseyin"
  • Miharidina Ramiadamanana
    Key Cast
    "Afgan - Afghan"
  • Jeelan Aburub
    Key Cast
    "Zahra"
  • Gürol Salman
    Key Cast
    "Söför - Chauffeur"
  • Sezai Yeşilyurt
    Key Cast
    "Taşıyıcı - Carrier"
  • Mehmet Ali Çetintas
    Key Cast
  • Mariama Djelo Sow
    Key Cast
  • Erdeniz Altın
    Key Cast
  • Muniratu Mohammed
    Key Cast
  • Rüveyda Büyüktelli
    Key Cast
  • Gökhan Ay
    Key Cast
  • Arda Uçar
    Key Cast
  • Bilal Nadir Bektas
    Teknik Kadro - Technical crew
    Kameraman - Camera
  • Mertkan Kayabas
    Teknik Kadro - Technical crew
    Ses - Sound-Boom
  • Sezai Yeşilyurt
    Teknik Kadro - Technical crew
    Isik - Light
  • Taha Emre Yilmaz
    Teknik Kadro - Technical crew
    Kurgu / Editör
  • Gursel Ates
    Teknik Kadro - Technical crew
    Kurgu / Editör
  • Emirhan Bal
    Teknik Kadro - Technical crew
    Renk Düzenleme / Color Grading:
  • Taha Emre Yilmaz
    Kamera Arkası - Behind the scenes
    Ses Miksajı / Technical
  • Jesse Ahmann
    Kamera Arkası - Behind the scenes
    Müzik / Music:
  • Mootlak Film Tasarım
    Kamera Arkası - Behind the scenes
    Teknik Prodüksiyon / Technical Production:
  • Umut Görkem Demir
    Kamera Arkası - Behind the scenes
    İngilizce Çeviri / Engilish Translation:
  • Alaz Cölasan
    Kamera Arkası - Behind the scenes
    Altyazı / Subtitle:
  • Azin Mokhtari
    Kamera Arkası - Behind the scenes
    Kostüm ve Makyaj / Costume and makeup:
  • Abdullah Beyaztas
    Kamera Arkası - Behind the scenes
    Ulaşım / transportation:
  • Tamer Akcay
    Kamera Arkası - Behind the scenes
    Afiş / Banner:
  • Arthings Film Yapım
    Kamera Arkası - Behind the scenes
    Teaser - Fragman
  • Canan Dönmez
    Kamera Arkası - Behind the scenes
    Set Fotoğrafçıları / Set Photographers:
  • Burcu Topagac
    Kamera Arkası - Behind the scenes
    Set Fotoğrafçıları / Set Photographers:
  • Mehmet Izdes
    Kamera Arkası - Behind the scenes
    Set Fotoğrafçıları / Set Photographers:
  • Ali Ulvi Bayca
    Kamera Arkası - Behind the scenes
    Set Fotoğrafçıları / Set Photographers:
  • Project Title (Original Language):
    Nereye
  • Project Type:
    Feature, Short, Other
  • Genres:
    Drama, immigrant, war, refugee, fiction
  • Runtime:
    20 minutes
  • Completion Date:
    August 1, 2021
  • Production Budget:
    1,000 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    Turkey
  • Country of Filming:
    Turkey
  • Language:
    Arabic, English, Persian, Turkish
  • Film Color:
    Black & White and Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • India Accord Cine Fest

    Hindistan
    Best Drama Short / Honourable Mention
  • BIMIFF - Brazil International Monthly Independent Film Festival

    Brezilya
    The nominations are: - "Best Medium-Length Film" Where To - "Best Director of Medium-Length Film" Gursel Ates - "Best Screenplay of Medium-Length Film" Huseyin Alp Tahmaz - "Best Actor of Medium-Length Film" to Ibrahim Sevinc - "Best Supporting Actress of Medium-Length Film" to Jeelan Aburub
  • Brazil International Monthly Independent Film Festival

    Brezilya
    "Best Actor of Medium-Length Film" to Ibrahim Sevinc
  • AltFF Alternative Film Festival

    Kanada
    Semi-Finalist: Nominee for Best Drama(Where To) / Nominee for Best Director(Gursel Ates) / Nominee for Best Actor(Ibrahim Sevinc)
  • AltFF Alternative Film Festival

    Kanada
    Long Short Category / Best Drama (Where To)
  • World Independent Film Awards

    İtalya
    winning "To Where" with Best Acting Ensemble
  • V.i.Z. Film Fest

    Bulgaristan
    NOMINEE - Finalist Ibrahim Sevinc & Orhan Ay / Best Short Film Actor Jeelan Aburub - Best Short Film Actress Huseyin Alp Tahmaz - Best Short Film Screenwriter Taha Emre Yilmaz & Gursel Ates - Best Short Film Editing
  • V.i.Z. Film Fest

    Bulgaristan
    Winner Where To "Best Experimental Short Film" Award
  • Los Angeles Indiex Film Fest

    Amerika Birleşik Devletleri
    Best Drama Short / Semi Finalist
  • 4theatre selection

    İtalya
    4 theaters Drama + 4 theaters best selection / ''The best player community'' Finalist
  • Anatolia International Film Festival

    Best national short film / Finalist
  • 12th Free Film Festival

    Best national short film / Finalist
  • New York Istanbul Short Film Festival

    Amerika Birleşik Devletleri
    Best national short film / Official Selection
  • Kalakari film fest

    Hindistan
    Best Film Fest Special Award / Official Selection
  • The Lift-Off Sessions

    Birleşik Krallık
    Best Drama Short / Official Selection
Director Biography - Gursel Ates

Gürsel Ates
He was born in Sarıgöl, Manisa in 1961. Having finished his first, second and high-school in the same city, he moved to Istanbul for his university education. While he was attending the Faculty of Letters in Istanbul University, he started to work for cinema and tv industry in 1984. He respectively worked as the camera assistant, gaffer and assistant director. Besides working with the masters of the Turkish cinema such as Natuk Baytan, Zeki Ökten, Yusuf Kurçenli, Sinan Çetin, İsmail Güneş and Osman Sınav, he involved in TRT (Turkish Radio and TV) projects. In 1993, he directed his first TV Series called “Evlere Şenlik”. Adopting the idea “learning has no age”, he directed quite a few low-budget productions alongside he worked as the assistant director of big-budget productions. In 2003, he started directing a famous tv series called “Ekmek Teknesi”. Here are the productions that he’s been involved since then:

- Evlere Şenlik 1993 TGRT (TV Series)

- Köstekli Saat 1994 TGRT (TV Movie)
https://vimeo.com/manage/videos/567522368

- Bizim Ev (2nd Director) Directed by İsmail Güneş
1995 TGRT (13 Episodes TV Series)

- Beyaz Savaş 1996 TGRT (TV Series)

- Erguvan Yılları 1997 TGRT (TV Series)

- Ayşecik 1998 Show TV (TV Series)

- Gülün Bittiği Yer (Second Director) Directed by İsmail Güneş;
1998 (Movie)

- Ayşecik 1998-1999 Show TV (TV Series)

- Sınır (2nd Director) 1999 (Movie)

- Kurt Kapanı (2nd Director) Directed by İsmail Güneş

- Derman Bey (2nd Director) Directed by Melih Gülgen

- Deli Yürek (2nd Director) Directed by Osman Sınav 2001-2002 ATV
(TV Series)

- Kurtlar Vadisi (2nd Director) Directed by Osman SINAV 2002-2003 Show TV (Tv Series)

- Ekmek Teknesi 2003-2004 ATV (TV Series)

- Ömer Seyfettin (Tv Movie) 2005 TRT (8 Story each 60 mins.)
https://vimeo.com/manage/videos/567532169

- Yolun Sonu 2005
Ankara Metropolitan Municipality (TV Series)

- Dalgakıran 2008 (TV Series)

- Deniz Yıldızı 2009-2010 FOX TV (TV Series)

- Derin Sular 2011 FOX TV (TV Series)

- Beni Affet 2011-2016 FOX TV (TV Series)

- Aşkların En Güzeli 2016-2017 TV-8 (TV Series)

- Beni Bırakma 2017-2019 ATV (TV Series)

- Sevdim Seni Bir Kere 2019-2020 (TV Series)

- Acemi Anneler 2020-2021 TRT 1 (TV Series)

- Nereye? 2021 (Short Film) (20 mins. Post-Production)

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Director Statement

There are an estimated 360 million people in the world who live in constant displacement, much more than the population of many countries. They are deprived of education, health, security and all kinds of opportunities that make people human... They mostly pay the price of their lives they lead in hunger and misery... So what for; As we all know, a new way of life that emerges by saying "journey for hope" because the fires caused by global interests and global politics make it impossible to live in their own land... If they survive...
In our film, which was written by our scriptwriter Hüseyin Alp Tahmaz based on a real event, we took a section of the lives between life and death right at this point. Our characters, who have different stories, have different nationalities and different backgrounds, but their common point is the journey of hope they embarked on. In this journey, they are not sure how long it will last and where they will arrive, in a pickup truck that is not even 6 square meters. In their dreams, the destination of all of them is clear in the fearful journey that passes without air and water. They share their dreams, they talk, and they get to know each other... They even say that they will reunite and meet again in the new life they plan to establish in their destination, reinforcing their friendship, and laughingly remembering these "painful days"... But... But, where to, where and how?
Gürsel Ateş / Director
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Dünya üzerinde birçok ülkenin nüfusundan çok daha fazla, sürekli olarak yer değiştirerek yaşayan tahminen 360 milyon insan var. Eğitimden, sağlıktan, güvenlikten ve insanı insan yapan her türlü olanaktan yoksun... Açlık ve sefalet içinde sürdürdükleri yaşamlarının bedelini canlarıyla ödüyorlar çoğunlukla... Peki ne için; hepimizin bildiği gibi, dünya ölçeğindeki küresel çıkarlar ve küresel politikaların çıkardığı yangınlar, kendi topraklarında yaşamayı imkânsız kıldığından “bir umut” diyerek çıkılan ve bitip tükenmek bilmeyen yollarda oluşan yeni bir yaşam biçimi... Tabi sağ kalabilirlerse...
Senaristimiz Hüseyin Alp Tahmaz’ın gerçek bir olaydan yola çıkarak yazdığı filmimizde, tamda bu noktada, yaşam-ölüm arasında süren hayatlardan bir kesit aldık. Ayrı ayrı hikayeleri olan karakterlerimiz, ayrı milliyetlerden, farklı geçmişlere sahip olsalar da ortak noktaları işte “bir umut” diyerek çıktıkları yolculuktur. 6 metrekareyi bile bulmayan bir kamyonet kasasında ne kadar süreceği ve nereye varacağından emin olamadıkları bir yolculuğa çıkarlar. Havasız, susuz ve korkuyla süren geçen yolculukta, aslında hepsinin gideceği yer bellidir kurdukları hayallerinde. Paylaşırlar hayallerini, konuşurlar, tanırlar birbirlerini... Hatta hatta gidecekleri yerde kurmayı düşündükleri yeni yaşamlarında tekrar bir araya gelip görüşerek dostluklarını pekiştirip bu “çileli günlerini” gülerek hatırlayacaklarını söylerler... Fakat... Fakat, NEREYE, nerede ve nasıl?
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Script and Dialogue Writer’s Remark: Hüseyin Alp TAHMAZ
Every year, hundreds of thousands of people are forced to leave the lands where they were born and migrate to places where they hope to reach prosperity and peace, due to reasons such as economic troubles, war, terrorism, and adventure seeking. This migration does not always happen legally.
The stories of illegal immigrants, which we often see in newspapers and on television, are an international problem. The script was written in order to raise awareness on the subject.
Hüseyin Alp Tahmaz / Scriptwriter