Faruk
Aslı Özge
2024
About Film
Faruk, a man in his 90s, becomes the central character of his daughter’s film about the impending demolition of his block of flats in Istanbul. 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. Shot in authentic locations and based on real characters and events, Faruk offers a unique and intimate look at the life of an elderly man in the bustling city of Istanbul, exploring the implications of gentrification and the complexities of a father-daughter relationship.
About Director
Born in Istanbul and based in Berlin, she made her feature debut with the acclaimed drama Men on the Bridge (2009), which premiered at the Locarno and Toronto Film Festival and won many awards including the Best Film Award at the Istanbul Film Festival. Özge wrote and directed Lifelong (2013) and All of a Sudden (2016), both of which premiered at the Berlin Film Festival’s Panorama; the latter feature won Europa Cinemas Special Label and Fipresci Awards. In 2023 her film Black Box opened the New German Cinema section at Munich Film Festival and won Best Screenplay Award at the Rome Film Festival. Her most recent film Faruk premiered at Berlin Film Festival’s Panorama.
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