screening format
HDCAM
aspect ratio
1.78:1 (16:9)
sound format
Stereo
original-language
Turkish
subtitles
English
screening format
HDCAM
aspect ratio
1.78:1 (16:9)
sound format
Stereo
original-language
Turkish
subtitles
English
The succession of portraits shows Turkish protagonists whose names carry meanings like rain, earth, war and piece. Appearing like allegories in theatre plays, they comment on their personal relation to the characteristics that are associated with their names. “I am Ümit - hope” represents a general personification of a feeling, moreover it offers an individual conception expressed by the person in the video.
director
Tessa Knapp
Editing
Tessa Knapp
DOP
Tessa Knapp, Burak Serin, Güray Gürsoy
Production
Tessa Knapp
Script
Tessa Knapp
Sound Design
Andreas Hildebrandt
Festivals
Kasseler Dokumentarfilm- und Videofest, Germany
EMAF - European Media Art Festival Osnabrück, Germany
Internationale Kurzfilmtage Oberhausen, Germany
(1. Zonta-Preis)
Stuttgarter Filmwinter - Festival for Expanded Media, Germany
(Lobende Erwähnung - Media in Space)
Production
- Tessa Knapp
Distribution
- Tessa Knapp
Tessa Knapp
Born 1981 in Stuttgart;
studied at the Academy of Media Arts, Cologne until 2007;
works as a filmmaker and artist in Cologne;
2009 artist-in-residency in Istanbul
Filmography
2004 Sanatorio
2005 Flure (no.2)
2007 No Void
2007 Waldkulissen