SCRABBLE
Winner of Best Short Film Award in
Boston Turkish Festival's
12th Annual Documentary & Short Film Competition
Directed by Merve Gezen
Cast: Kadriye Kenter, Defne Halman, Janset Pacal, Özge Erdem
Short / 2016 / 20 min./
with English subtitles
Socially and economically different four women (a CEO, a peasant, a slut and a high school student) get together to play scrabble. They are shouting their destinies and reflecting about their tragic endings to the scrabble board by using the power of words. (Inspired by true stories)
Selected Festivals and Awards
- Boston Turkish Festival Documentary & Short Film Competition (2017): Best Short Film Award
- Marmaris International Short Film Festival, Turkey: Special Audience Award
- Polish International Film festival, Poland
- Stockholm Independent Film Festival, Sweden
- Mediterranean Short Film Festival, Tangier, Morocco
- Amsterdam Lift-Off Film Festival, The Netherlands
- ECU European Independent Film Festival, Paris, France
- Colortape International Film Festival, Brisbane, Australia
- Izmir International Short Film Festival, Turkey
- Istanbul International Short Film Festival, Turkey
- Ankara International Film Festival, Turkey
- Antakya International Film Festival, Turkey
- Paris Turkish Film Festival, France
- Montreal Turkish Film Festival, Canada
- IFSAK Film Festival, Turkey
Director MERVE GEZEN
 Merve Gezen received her education on drama and cinema from Paris State High Conservatory and University of Sorbonne Paris. Her previous short films are Hela Sohbetleri / Conversations of Loo (2012) and
Nerdesin Aşkım? / Where are you my love? (2014).
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