The 8th Foça International Archaeology and Cultural Heritage Film Days

PROGRAM

WEDNESDAY 15 OCTOBER

  • Marseilles Square
    18:30-20:30
    (Opening Ceremony and Film Screenings)
  • The Carpets Speak

    Russia | 2025 | 20' Russian (Turkish, English subtitles)
    Directed by Daria Razumnikova

  • Mary Lefkowitz & Women in Ancient Greece

    Greece | 2024 | 13' English (Turkish subtitles)
    Directed by Nikos Dayandas

  • Abandoned By Time

    Türkiye | 2024 | 23' Turkish (English subtitles)
    Directed by Yalçın Yalın

  • Fish Tales

    Türkiye | 2015 | 6' 
    Director Mehmet Ünal

  • Music : Foça Sirens Rhythm Group
  • Photography Exhibition : 'Local Fish, Local Fishermen'

    Works By: Benek İşcan Kapkın, Haluk Erdik, Hatice Mertol, Hayriye Abakay, Mehmet Ünal, Nermin Sena Özger, Sadık Kahraman, Tünay Özdemir, Utku Baran, Zühal Çetin Özkan
    (The exhibit can also be viewed from 16-19 October between 10.00-22.00 at the Reha Midilli Cultural Centre.

THURSDAY 16 OCTOBER

  • Reha Midilli Cultural Centre
  • 11:00-13:00
  • It's Imroz for Them

    Türkiye | 2023 | 15' Turkish (English subtitles)
    Directed by Deniz Devrez

  • Balkancisco

    Türkiye | 2023 | 57' Turkish, English
    Directed by Tuğrul Sarıkaya

    Post-screening Q&As with directors Deniz Devrez and Tuğrul Sarıkaya

  • İzmir Ümran Baradan Fine Arts High School Chamber Orchestra (Kamil Civan, conductor)
  • 14:30-16:15
  • Krošnja - Tree Crown

    Serbia | 2023 | 15' Serbian (Turkish, English subtitles)
    Directed by Predrag Todorović

  • Alhambra, The Lost Paradise

    France | 2024 | 90' French (Turkish subtitles)
    Directed by Marc Jampolsky

  • 16:30
  • Guided Walk with an Archaeologist

    Meeting Point: Reha Midilli Cultural Centre

  • 17:30-19:15
  • Other Than That, I'm Fine

    Türkiye/Germany | 2020 | 14' Turkish/German (Turkish, English subtitles)
    Directed by Eren Aksu

  • Artifact War

    USA | 2024 | 90' Arabic/English (Turkish, English subtitles)
    Directed by Evan Carpenter & Jacob Schwarz

  • 20:00-22:00
  • Bedri Rahmi Eyüboğlu "Those Who Unravel the Secret of Earth"

    Türkiye | 2024 | 85' Turkish (English subtitles)
    Directed by Ali Kemal Pasiner

    Post-screening Q&A with director Ali Kemal Pasiner 

FRIDAY 17 OCTOBER

  • Reha Midilli Cultural Centre
  • 11:00-12:30
  • Antioch Milad

    Türkiye | 2024 | 15' Turkish (English subtitles)
    Directed by Hasan Hüseyin Korkmaz

  • Zerzevan's Mysterious History

    Türkiye | 2024 | 43' Turkish (English subtitles)
    Directed by Kamer İncedursun

    Post-screening Q&A with directors Hasan Hüseyin Korkmaz and Kamer İncedursun

  • 13:00-14:15
  • The Zagros Nomads, Breathless

    Iran | 2023 | 76' French/Farsi (Turkish, English subtitles)
    Directed by Seyed Habib Omid Hashemi

  • 14:30-16:00
  • Cartapesta Carnival of Fano

    Italy | 2025 | 89' Italian, (Turkish, English subtitles)
    Directed by Andrea Lodovichetti

  • 16:30-18:30
  • Journey to Cilicia: Traces of Fejes

    Türkiye/Germany | 2024 | 63' Turkish (English subtitles)
    Directed by Zehra Yiğit & Perihan Taş Öz

  • Abandoned by Time

    Türkiye | 2024 | 23' Turkish (English subtitles)
    Directed by Yalçın Yalın

    Post-screening Q&A with director Yalçın Yalın

  • 20:00-22:15
  • Sky Like Silk, Full of Oranges

    Germany | 2024 | 10' German (Turkish, English subtitles)
    Directed by Betina Kuntzsch

  • Bettina

    Germany | 2022 | 106' German (Turkish subtitles)
    Directed by Lutz Pehnert

    Post-screening Q&A with director Lutz Pehnert

SATURDAY 18 OCTOBER

  • Reha Midilli Cultural Centre
  • 11:00
  • Guided Walk with an Archaeologist

    Meeting Point : Reha Midilli Cultural Centre

  • Video Workshop

    'The Faces, Voices, and Streets of Foça - Observational Documentary Workshop' begins. Click here for more information. 

  • 12:00 - 13:15
  • Teos – The Call of Dionysus

    Türkiye | 2025 | 11' Turkish (English subtitles)
    Directed by Mert Rusçuklu

  • Campo della Fiera and the Well of Time

    Italy | 2025 | 50' Italian (Turkish, English subtitles)
    Directed by Massimo D'Alessandro

  • 13:30 - 16:00 Films From Foça
  • The Last Coachman

    Türkiye | 2023 | 20' Turkish, (English subtitles)
    Directed by Şenay Kızılateş

  • The Payoff

    Türkiye | 2022 | 15' (No dialogue)
    Directed by Handan İpekçi

  • Port of Foça

    Türkiye | 2025 | 4' English (Turkish subtitles
    Directed by Deborah Semel Demirtaş

  • A Legend of Foça: Nihat Dirim

    Türkiye | 2025 | 60' Turkish (English subtitles)
    Directed by Hakan Barçın

     

    Filmlerden sonra yönetmenler ile söyleşi

  • 16:30 - 18:00
  • The Cemetery of Cinema

    France | 2023 | 93' French, (Turkish, English subtitles)
    Directed by Thierno Souleymane Diallo

  • 18:30 - 20:00
  • The Village of Ballet Dancers

    Türkiye | 2025 | 22' Turkish (English subtitles)
    Directed by Fatih Diren

    Ertuğrul Muhsin Bey: A Hero of Passion

    Türkiye | 2023 | 30' Turkish (English subtitles)
    Directed by Özgür Dağ

    Post-screening Q&A with director Özgür Dağ 

  • 20:15 - 22:00
  • In Memoriam / Islanders

    Finland | 2025 | 25' Finnish (Turkish, English subtitles)
    Directed by Matleena Jänis

  • Koka

    Poland | 2024 | 47' Russian (Turkish, English subtitles)
    Directed by Aliaksandr Tsymbaliuk

    Post-screening Q&A with director Aliaksandr Tsymbaliuk

  • 22:00 - 23:00
  • Balkancisco

    Türkiye | 2023 | 57' Turkish, English
    Directed by Tuğrul Sarıkaya

SUNDAY 19 OCTOBER

  • Foça Maritime Museum
    11:00-16:00
  • "Short Films, Again"

    A second chance to watch 5 short films from the Foça Film Days 2025 festival program. (A looped program begins on the hour.)
    - Other Than That, I'm fine(Türkiye/Germany, 14')
    - Mary Lefkowitz & Women of Ancient Greece (Greece, 13')
    - Sky Like Silk, Full of Oranges (Germany, 10')
    - It's Imroz for Them (Türkiye, 15')
    - Fish Tales (Türkiye, 6')

  • "Day of Workshops"

    Stop by anytime between 10.00-16.00 to join in the mosaic and painting workshops going on in front of the Maritime Museum and in the museum's courtyard.  

  • Conversations with the Guest Directors

    'Sahne Önü, Kamera Arkası' Actor/Director Özgür Dağ (11.00)

    'Kuru Dönem' - Ankara'dan Cannes'e Bir Film Projesinin Yolculuğu' Producer/Director Emre Yalgın (12.00)

  • Reha Midilli Cultural Centre
    16:30-18.30
  • Frescos of the Flooded Monastery

    Russia | 2025 | 76' Russian (Turkish, English subtitles)
    Directed by Eleonora Tukhareli

  • Heritage

    Türkiye | 2021 | 26' Turkish (English subtitles)
    Directed by  Ezgi Üner

    Post-screening Q&A with director Ezgi Üner 

  • 18:30-19:45
  • The Dalai Lama's Gift

    USA | 2024 | 76' English (Turkish subtitles)
    Directed by Ed Winslow Bastian

  • 20:00-22:00
  • Foça Film Days 2025 Workshop Films
  • Grain of Sand

    France | 2024 | 77' French/Arabic (Turkish, English subtitles)
    Directed by Nadja Anane

    Post-screening Q&A with director Nadja Anane