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.

  • Akın Güngör
    Director
  • Akın Güngör
    Writer
  • Funda Kavdır Güngör
    Writer
  • Yeşim Güzelpınar
    Producer
    Balık Arts
  • Akın Güngör
    Producer
    1mevzubahisfilm
  • Sitare Akbaş
    Key Cast
    "Rüya"
  • Kadir Doğulu
    Key Cast
    "Ozgür"
  • Nur Sürer
    Key Cast
    "Sevgi"
  • Yılmaz Eser Durmuş
    Key Cast
    "İlyas"
  • Ahenk Demir
    Key Cast
    "Aunt in Law"
  • Hakan Eğri
    Key Cast
    "Uncle"
  • Yolanda Viola Glapinska
    Key Cast
    "TV Host"
  • Alexandra Diamond
    Key Cast
    "TV Presenter"
  • Project Type:
    Short
  • Runtime:
    26 minutes
  • Completion Date:
    August 20, 2021
  • Production Budget:
    1,000 GBP
  • Country of Origin:
    Turkey
  • Country of Filming:
    United Kingdom
  • Language:
    English, Turkish
  • Shooting Format:
    Dijital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:09
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
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    January 22, 2022
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    June 9, 2022
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Director Biography - Akın Güngör

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.

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Director Statement

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.