TUNNEL
Rüya disappeared a year ago without a trace. She came from Turkey to study in the UK and was staying in a flat belonging to her Uncle. Her mother, Sevgi, arrives to find her daughter and as a last resort decides to appear on a TV show.
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Akın GüngörDirector
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Akın GüngörWriter
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Funda Kavdır GüngörWriter
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Yeşim GüzelpınarProducerBalık Arts
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Akın GüngörProducer1mevzubahisfilm
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Sitare AkbaşKey Cast"Rüya"
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Kadir DoğuluKey Cast"Ozgür"
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Nur SürerKey Cast"Sevgi"
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Yılmaz Eser DurmuşKey Cast"İlyas"
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Ahenk DemirKey Cast"Aunt in Law"
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Hakan EğriKey Cast"Uncle"
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Yolanda Viola GlapinskaKey Cast"TV Host"
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Alexandra DiamondKey Cast"TV Presenter"
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Project Type:Short
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Runtime:26 minutes
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Completion Date:August 20, 2021
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Production Budget:1,000 GBP
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Country of Origin:Turkey
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Country of Filming:United Kingdom
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Language:English, Turkish
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Shooting Format:Dijital
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Aspect Ratio:16:09
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Film Color:Color
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First-time Filmmaker:No
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Student Project:No
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Akın Güngör was born in 1983 in İzmir, Turkey. After graduating from İzmir Dokuz Eylül University, Cinema & TV Department he began working in the sector as an Assistant Director in 2005. He was one of the founders of the Cinema TV Trade Union established in 2014 and the Directors Association of Turkey set up in 2019. Since 2020, he has worked in Turkish cinema and TV as a Director.
The screenplay of Tunnel centres on Hume’s philosophy of doubt. The film highlights social hypocrisy through the eyes of a family and the characters’ attitudes towards honour, women and nationalism. Tunnel begins with a video art film to address the philosophy of doubt metaphorically and goes on to utilise two languages, two parallel time zones and reverse psychology to tell the story. For external scenes, fluid camera language was employed to emphasise the two time zones. Cinematography was completed with sound, design and editing techniques.