ToleransCanon 7D / HD, Versions of 12′, 17′ & 22′ , 2011 LANGUAGETurkish LOGLINEA modern beauty & the beast story.  SYNOPSISA beautiful woman, a wanna be young actress Kıvılcım obsessed with her own beauty wishing to be explored, getting ready for an audition and an overweight guy, passionate with delicious food, a film geek, studying at an art college, meet one day. On one side, we see the beautiful girl looks at her own reflection checking her make up on the patisserie window, on the other side Daghan is deeply focused on the cakes at the window. Just for a split second their eyes meet on the two sides of the patisserie screening window. She gets uncomfortable, she s...

EVLILIK TEKLIFI/PROPOSALCanon 7D /, 3′, 2011 LANGUAGETurkish LOGLINEA young couple find themselves in a deserted island, man has the chance finally to propose the girl he loves. SYNOPSISA short comedy as part of the competition. FESTIVALS AND SCREENINGSATV Cek Bakalim Competition http://www.at...

OUT OF FOCUS SONY 100 /, 10′, 2003 LANGUAGETurkish LOGLINESometimes love is blind. SYNOPSISBased on a true story. A young couple break up because of a stupid reason. They both go to the same train station to meet however young girl doesn’t see him and walks away as she forgets her eyegl...

STRANGE LITTLE GIRL  Panasonic 100 X, 35 mm Lenses /, 20′, 2009 LANGUAGEEnglish LOGLINEThere is always a way out.  SYNOPSISThis is the story of a young girl who is very lonely and finds herself inventing a camera obscura as a way of expression to reach out to her family.  FESTIVALS AND SCREENINGSPasadena Art Center Film Competition, Best Narrative Short Film, 2009International Children Film Festival, 2009Lone Star Film Festival, 2009 CASTJolie Vanier  CREWWriter: Bessy Adut & Bruce ThomasDirector-Editor: Bessy Adut Director of Photography: Jeffrey SiljenbergOnline: Lisa SchoenbergShooting Location: Pasadena, California  

MUTLUCUCanon 7D /, 5′, 2011 LANGUAGETurkish LOGLINEYoung people talk about the old Turkish film stars as we see an old actor who turns out to be a clown and his sad but true story. It’s a slice of life. SYNOPSISBased on a true story. It tells the story of a poor clown who used to be a famous actor in Yesilcam. FESTIVALS AND SCREENINGSATV Cek Bakalim Yarismasi, Finalisti  CREWWriter: Rila KoksalDirector: Bessy AdutEditor: Dogus AslanDirector of Photography: Osman DenkerOnline: Osman DenkerShooting Location: Beyoglu, Istanbul 

 R.U.T.H PANASONIC 100X 24p /, 4′, 2009 LANGUAGEEnglish LOGLINERunning up that Hill, Kate Bush song Cover by Placebo SYNOPSISThis is as an experimental music video by one of my favorite band’s covers. The idea came to my mind when I was hurting with a heartbreak when I left for America....

LANGUAGEEnglish  SYNOPSISA magical wine bottle is found by a little girl. Grandpa tells her the story of a young man who made a deal with the devil, he borrowed a day from his youth to come back and live when he is old. This is the time to accept the deal to go back and confess his love to the girl he loves. However he has no idea that there is no turning back… FESTIVALS AND SCREENINGSBijou Film Festival Competition, April 2007Category: Competition CASTKaiti TronnesLawrance McEvoyAnton Ray CREWWriter / Director / Producer: Bessy Adut1st Assistant Director: Brian HigdonDirector of Photography: Toby LawranceOriginal Tracks: Cynthia SimonianOnline: Birkan Ozekan, Bessy AdutShooting Locat...

PANDORA’S BOX16 mm, 30″ LANGUAGENo Dialogue  SYNOPSISThis is the representation of the mythological story, Pandora opening the box, light comes out in all the darkness. FESTIVALS AND SCREENINGSCinematography WorkshopCASTElvan ErduranElcin PoyrazZeynep Taner

OUT OF CONTROLMini DV, 5′ LANGUAGETurkishSYNOPSISThis is the first student short film I have ever made in 2001. I have written and directed it influenced by Back to Future which I reference in the film. The lead lady is my childhood best friend. The excitement and childish spirit in that shor...

 PANASONIC /, 3′, 2004 LANGUAGEEnglish LOGLINEDrugs…Really?  SYNOPSISThis is as an experimental project. It was done unintentionally. It had no special meanings, I am home with my nightgown with a prop I got from a concert, an apple and stuff. However it got a chance to be screened on ...

HDV HDcam /, 3′, 2003 LANGUAGENo Dialogue  SYNOPSISI just had the idea of a girl running in forrest with fire behind her back. Then we got it combined with a friend who was into computer game Mist. It was an experiment with Combustion and special effects. This is an exercise for fx and greenb...

Free to Decide  Mini DV/, 5′, 2003 LANGUAGENo Dialogue  LOGLINE24 Hour Short Film Project by Bosphorus University, Mithat Alam Film Merkezi SYNOPSIS This short was part of a competition and also the times when we were all David Lynch fans and personally I was concerned a lot with gay/lesbia...

Yasak Kapi Mini DV/, 21′, 2005 LANGUAGETurkish  LOGLINEA modern interpretation of Bluebeard fairytale.  SYNOPSISNewly married couple come to the island to live in an old house. In this house there is a room not to be entered.  FESTIVALS AND SCREENINGSIfsak Film Festival, 1st Place as the Best Short Film in 2005 CASTDerya Alabora Yetkin Dikinciler CREWWriter/Director: Bessy AdutEdit: Birkan Ozekan Shooting Location: Prince’s Islands, Istanbul 

Leaving the Butler Building Mini DV/, 1′, 2006 LANGUAGESilent LOGLINELumiere Project Alternative SYNOPSISAs we were prospective filmmakers we were ‘leaving the factory’ just like Lumiere shot it years ago. Now it’s all nothing but a memorial. FESTIVALS AND SCREENINGSSteven S...

Becoming Alice  16 mm ArriFlex /, 1′, 2006 LANGUAGENo Dialogue  LOGLINEA wonderland can turn into a nightmare.  SYNOPSISIn my first year at CalArts we had a 1 minute assignment that we shot on 16 mm and we had to edit it with our bare hands old style. It was a fun project. I had the vision ...

Ribbon Dancers  16 mm ArriFlex /, 1′, 2006 LANGUAGENo Dialogue  LOGLINELumiere Project.  SYNOPSISA one minute project that needed to resemble Lumiere films. I picked two dancers to symbolize Yin & yang because of the way dress and dance. White in black and black in white. This project awar...

Pulp Fiction Remake Scene  MiniDV /, 4′, 2004 LANGUAGEEnglish LOGLINEInfamous Uma Thurman and John Travolta scene.  SYNOPSISDuring our Film & Television studies at Istanbul Bilgi University we were given an assignment to shoot one of our favorite scene’s remake. We decided to go with P...

Ribbon Dancers  16 mm ArriFlex /, 1′, 2006 LANGUAGENo Dialogue  LOGLINELumiere Project.  SYNOPSISA one minute project that needed to resemble Lumiere films. I picked two dancers to symbolize Yin & yang because of the way dress and dance. White in black and black in white. This project awar...

Femme Fatale  35 mm /, 1′, 2001 LANGUAGENo Dialogue/Silent era LOGLINEA class assignment in cinematography class.  SYNOPSISShe gets dressed as he goes out  to deliver the package. He comes home all in blood so femme fatale smokes a cigarette takes all the money and leaves. This little film...

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