CATEGORY
2016-Gaia Student Awards
Zeynep Altay
Turkey, 2016, 18′, Arabic
Photography: Çağrı İşbilir
Editing: Hazal Günay, Şeyma Gök
Music: Hakan Tuğrul
Sound: Nagehan Okat
Producer: Zeynep Altay
Community Center, 14.10.2016, Friday, 13:00-15:00
Synopsis: The documentary “Qıllıt” glimpses into the lives of three families who stayed in the Assyrian village of Qıllıt in the aftermath of a major migration from the village in the 1990s. “Qıllıt” shows the loyalty of these people to their land and tells why these families do not leave their village.
Biography: She was born in Mardin, in 1986. She won a scholarship to study in Beykent University, Department of Cinema-Television. She continues her studies as a student also majoring in Sociology.