Directed by DENİZ TORTUM
Doc. / 2020 / 71 min. / with English subtitles
Phases of Matter follows living and inanimate residents of a teaching hospital in Istanbul, Cerrahpaşa, moving from the operating room to the morgue, between life and other states, the real and the virtual.
Selected Festivals and Awards
- Istanbul Film Festival, Turkey (2020): Best Documentary
- Antalya Film Festival, Turkey (2020): Best Documentary
- Accessible Film Festival (2020): Best Film, Best Director
- Imagine Science Film Festival, New York, USA (2020): Labocine Special Mention
- Dokufest International Documentary and Short Film Festival, Kosovo(2020)
Director DENİZ TORTUM
Deniz Tortum works in film and new media. His work has screened internationally, including at the Venice Film Festival, SxSW, Sheffield Doc/Fest, True/False and Dokufest. His latest film Phases of Matter premiered at International Film Festival Rotterdam in 2020. He was recently featured in Filmmaker Magazine’s 25 New Faces of Independent Film.
