CFD 25|Faruk

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Faruk
97', 2024, Germany, Turkey, France

Faruk, a man in his 90s, becomes the central character of his daughter’s film about the impending demolition of his block of flats. Simultaneously, Faruk attends building management meetings, hoping to delay the demolition process of the building he has been living in for decades. Gradually, reality and fiction intertwine and the line between the two starts to blur.

Born in Istanbul, Turkey, Aslı Özge has lived in Berlin since 2000. After studying at the Film and Television School of Marmara Üniversitesi in Istanbul, she made short films and a documentary. Her debut feature film Men on the Bridge premiered at Locarno in 2009 and went on to win numerous awards. Her second feature, Lifelong, and her first German-language feature, Auf Einmal (All of a Sudden), both screened in Panorama at the Berlinale, with the latter winning a Special Mention from the Europa Cinemas Label and the FIPRESCI Award.

Directed by Aslı Özge
Screenplay Aslı Özge
Cinematography Emre Erkmen
Editing Andreas Samland, Aslı Özge
Music Karim Sebastian Elias
Sound design Joe De-Vine
Cast Faruk Özge, Derya Erkenci, Gönül Gezer
Producer Aslı Özge
Production company EEE Films
Co-producers Seyhan Kaya, Jean Cristophe Simon, Michael Reuter
Co-production companies FC Istanbul, Parallel 45, The Post Republic
World sales Heretic

Filmography
2024 Faruk
2023 Blackbox
2016 Auf Einmal / All of a Sudden
2013 Hayatboyu / Lifelong
2009 Köprüdekiler / Men on the Bridge
2005 Hesperos’ Apprentices
2003 Little Bit of April
2000 Capital C (s.f.)

Awards
FIPRESCI Prize, Berlin International Film Festival, Germany, 2024.