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Under The Road, The River!

Kavaklidere, Hosdere, Bentderesi, Cevizlidere, Incesu avenue... Ankara residents are not aware, but every day while walking on the streets and avenues of Ankara, they are actually passing over the underground streams.
“Under the road, the river!” documentary traces the lost streams of Ankara and illuminates on the struggle to bring these streams back to the daylight.

  • Yasin Semiz
    Director
  • Yasin Semiz
    Writer
  • Luwi Film
    Producer
  • Hasan Akyar
    Key Cast
  • Ahmet Soyak
    Key Cast
  • Duygu Cihanger
    Key Cast
  • Önder Algedik
    Key Cast
  • Bilge Bektaş
    Key Cast
  • Project Title (Original Language):
    Asfaltın Altında Dereler Var!
  • Project Type:
    Documentary
  • Runtime:
    52 minutes
  • Completion Date:
    October 1, 2019
  • Production Budget:
    8,000 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    Turkey
  • Country of Filming:
    Turkey
  • Language:
    English, Turkish
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • 56. Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival
    Ankara
    Turkey
    October 30, 2019
    Turkey
    Competition
  • 31. Ankara International Film Festival
    Ankara
    Turkey
    September 5, 2020
    VEKAM Special Price
  • 39. International Istanbul Film Festival
    İstanbul
    Turkey
    October 14, 2020
    In Competition
  • Kayseri Film Festival
    Kayseri
    Turkey
    December 11, 2019
    In Competition
  • XIII. Istanbul International Architecture And Urban Films Festival
    İstanbul
    Turkey
    September 11, 2019
    3. Best Documentary Award
  • Boston Turkish Film Festival
    Boston
    United States
    November 15, 2020
    North American Premiere
    In Competition
Director Biography - Yasin Semiz

He was born in 1986 in Istanbul. After completing his primary and secondary education in Izmir, he continued to his education at the Engineering Faculty of METU. After working in various positions in the film industry, he finished his first documentary titled “Eymir” in 2014. He founded Luwi Film in 2016 in order to continue his works independently and he still continues to work at Luwi Film. He is a member of the Association of Documentary Filmmakers.

- Under The Road, The River! ( Documentary – 2019 – 52’)

- Eymir (Documentary – 2014 – 54’)
TRT Documentary Award Marmara University Special Price
İstanbul Architecture and Urban Films Festival best 3. documentary award
Independent Movies Festival jury price

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Director Statement

The story of Ankara's lost streams intersects with the story of the people living in this city, and this is what is interesting. Founders of a new country founded with great hopes and difficulties choose a place on the seafront but at the junction of many streams as their capital. But over the years, only one disappears from sight. Although they disappear, many of them actually continue to live underground. A small number of people who are aware of this, try to make the millions who are unaware of this situation in the city feel this in different ways. The efforts of this small group show us the problems in our lives new ways to deal with our problem, and I think this is worth telling.