synopsis
Long phone calls from a city that became an entry gate for migrants on the border of Asia and Europe. One-way communication shows how people feel when they leave their family far behind. Vivid Istanbul, pulsing phone centers, and three men from Senegal. The men who came to find a better life that is slow to come.
biography
Turkish directors Hind Benchekroun (1973) and Sami Mermer (1974) have co-directed Turtles Do Not Die of Old Age (2012). Both are documentary filmmakers of international renown. Benchekroun’s debut was called Taxi Casablanca (2008), Mermer made a documentary sci-fi The Box of Lanzo (2005).
film details
| director: | Hind Benchekroun, Sami Mermer |
| producer: | Hind Benchekroun, Sami Mermer |
| photography: | Sami Mermer |
| editing: | Sami Mermer |
| sound: | Martin Allard |
contact
TURTLE FILMS Hind Benchekroun / hindbenchekroun@gmail.com / www.turtlefilms.com
Film at festival
| premiere type: | East European Premiere |
| festival edition: | 2016 |
| section: | Transparent Landscape: Turkey |
| format: | Video File |
| language: | French, Wolof, Arabic |
| subtitles: | English |
| colour: | Colour |
Info
| director: | Hind Benchekroun, Sami Mermer |
| original title: | Callshop Istanbul |
| country: | Canada |
| year: | 2016 |
| running time: | 89 min. |
