Experiencing Interruptions?

Kim? / Who?

Every journey begins with a question: Who are you?

“Who?” is an experimental film designed with an overhead projector and shadow puppets.

  • Merve Yıldıran
    Director
  • Merve Yıldıran
    Writer
  • Merve Yıldıran
    Producer
  • Merve Yıldıran
    Art Director
  • Project Type:
    Animation, Experimental
  • Runtime:
    5 minutes
  • Completion Date:
    March 15, 2024
  • Country of Origin:
    Türkiye
  • Country of Filming:
    Türkiye
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Digital Cinema Package:
    Unavailable
  • Kukla+ Puppet Slam - World Puppetry Day 2024

    March 21, 2024
  • Heritales International Heritage Film Festival 2024
    Evora, Lisbon, Montemor-O- Novo, Crato
    Portugal
    Official Selection / Finalist
  • Canladıranlar Animation Film Festival 2024
    Istanbul
    Finalist / Official Selection
  • PHILFEST'24
    Ankara
    Second Prize
  • Tuzla Film Festival- Bosnia and Herzegovina 2024
    Tuzla
    Bosnia and Herzegovina
    Official Selection / Finalist
  • Gemlik Film Festivali 2024
    Bursa
    Official Selection
  • Izmir International Short Film Festival 2024
    İzmir
    Official Selection / Finalist
  • Fethiye Film Festival 2024
    Fethiye
    Official Selection
  • VS-Film Festival 2024
    Cairo
    Egypt
    Special Jury Prize
  • 12. SETEM İnternational Silk Road Film Festival 2024
    Istanbul
    Official Selection / Finalist
  • İFSAK Short Film Festival 2025
    Istanbul
    Second Prize
  • Istanbul International Women's Film Festival 2025
    Istanbul
    Best International Short Film Award
  • 8th AFSAD International Short Film Festival 2025
    Ankara
    Finalist
  • NarFest Film Festival 2025
    Ordu
    Official Selection
  • 15. Sinepark Short Film Festival 2025
    Istanbul
    Official Selection / Finalist
  • New England Animation Festival 2025
    Jaffrey, New Hampshire
    United States
    Quarter-Finalist
  • Kısa'dan Hisse Kısa Film Festivali 2025
    Istanbul
    Finalist
  • Fairhope Film Festival 2025
    Alabama
    United States
    Fairhope Film Festival Turkiye Selection
  • II Itaicine - Festival Internacional de Animação de Itaiópolis 2025
    Itaiópolis, Santa Catarina
    Brazil
    Official Selection
  • 2. Aegean Film Festival 2025
    İzmir
    Best Animation Film Award
  • Wild About Houston: A Green Film Festival 2026
    Houston
    United States
    Official Selection
  • Trabzon Film Festival 2025
    Trabzon
    Best Experimental Film Award
  • Open Frame Galați
    Galați
    Romania
    Finalist
  • The Short Film Channel
    Nottingham
    United Kingdom
    Official Selection
  • Ionian Contemporary Animation Festival ICONA 2025
    Kerkira, Corfu
    Greece
    Official Selection
  • SEE FF - South-East European Film Festival 2025
    Paris - Berlin - Washington
    France
    Best Animation Film Award
  • ICJ International Film Award
    Lviv
    Ukraine
    Official Selection
Director Biography - Merve Yıldıran

Merve Yıldıran (b. 1985, Ankara) is a filmmaker, screenwriter, and interdisciplinary artist. She studied Radio, Television and Cinema at Ankara University and holds an MA in Visual Communication Design from Anadolu University. Her short films have been screened at national and international festivals, receiving several prestigious awards. Her practice is rooted in interdisciplinary production, moving fluidly between cinema, literature, performance, and visual arts. Alongside her work in film, she develops projects in playwriting as well as character, costume, and stage design, extending cinematic language into performative and spatial registers.

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