Private Project

The Big Cut

Fresh off wrapping up the filming of his first film, director Barton Weisz is forced to make cuts to his masterpiece.

  • Bahadır Karasu
    Director
  • Evan Jones
    Writer
  • Ekrem Doydu
    Producer
  • Jerrod Weston
    Key Cast
    "Barton Weisz"
  • Anastasia Urozhaeva
    Key Cast
    "Julia Todd"
  • Rupert Wynne James
    Key Cast
    "David Foster"
  • Panos Panakos
    Music
  • Osman Doydu
    Production Designer
  • Bahadır Karasu
    Cinematography
  • Bahadır Karasu
    Edited By
  • Project Type:
    Short
  • Runtime:
    18 minutes
  • Completion Date:
    March 15, 2021
  • Production Budget:
    75,000 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    Turkey
  • Country of Filming:
    Turkey
  • Language:
    English
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
Director Biography - Bahadır Karasu

Bahadir Karasu (born April 26, 1990, in Bandirma, Turkey) is a Turkish filmmaker.

He works in the film industry as a scriptwriter, videographer, post-production-production assistant, editor, and director. In 2009, he attempted to create a group that aims to assemble young independent film-makers for supporting guerrilla film-making with independent, Avant-Garde, and auteur style visions as well as going against producer ruffian-ism. In 2012, he officially found a production company named Pirana Film with his close friend.

In 2013 he made his first avant-garde, minimalistic short film Echo.

In 2015, he co-directed his Spanish fantasy short film titled Un Pueblo Donde Dios No Existe (A Village Where God Does Not Exist) with Italian director Fabrizio Rossetti. It was screened at the Barcelona Planet Film Festival in December 2015, and was submitted to the monthly online event Los Angeles CineFest where it was part of the selection in January 2016.

In 2017, he wrote and directed a short film titled "Nyctophilia" which was screened in many international festivals as an official selection and made through semi-final in Los Angeles Cinefest and finalist in Underground Film Festival in Dublin, Ireland. The film picked up three awards in three category Best Score, Best Editing, Best Cinematography in World Premiere Film Awards Ontario, Canada.

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Director Statement

Since my childhood days I’ve been interested in cinema and somehow I found myself in it. I think it is simply because it’s the most attractive way of telling a story. I’ve worked on various short films, stories written by me.

. ” A natural component of filmmaking is to struggle to find money. It will be an uphill battle for my entire working life”

I said this quote because it simply describes every independent filmmaker’s problems those who want to bring a pure art.