PASSENGER
Yolcu
Winner of Best Short Film Audience Award in
Boston Turkish Festival's
13th Annual Documentary & Short Film Competition
Directed by Cem Özay
Cast: Ahmet Özay, Batuhan Özay
Short / 2017 / 20 min. / with English subtitles
Ahmet’s divorced wife serves in prison. Ahmet, who is a truck driver, takes his son to live with him. Father and son are forced to live in a truck until they have a new life. They go for a long journey where they will get to know each other.
Selected Festivals and Awards
- Boston Turkish Festival Documentary and Short Film Competition, USA: Best Short Film Audience Award
- Montecatini International Short Film Festival, Italy: Best Film
- Beirut International Film Festival, Lebanon: Best Second Film
- Jinzhen International Short Film Festival, China: Best Second Film
- SETEM Academy, BAK Awards, Fiction Category, Turkey: Best Editing
- Siirt Short Film Festival, Turkey: Second Prize
- Clermont Ferrand International Short Film Festival, France: Shorts from Turkey
Director CEM ÖZAY
Cem Özay (Gaziantep, 1983) worked as assistant editor in news agencies until he started working in films in 2003. He worked as assistant, location manager, production coordinator, and executive producer in television series and movies. After deciding to continue his journey in the industry as a writer and director, he made his directoral debut with his short film Passenger in 2017. |
