MORÎ

BEST SHORT FILM AWARD
BTF's 19th Documentary & Short Film Competition

SUNDAY, APRIL 6, 2025 | 1:30 pm

DIRECTOR PRESENT
Q&A following film screening

Preceding feature film “Cycle”.
Film screenings followed by award ceremony and
panel discussion moderated by film critic Peter Keough.

Remis Auditorium
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
465 Huntington Avenue

Directed by Yakup Tekintangaç

Cast: Hayrünisa Akbaş, Ozan Çelik, S. Emrah Özdemir

Short / 19 min. / 2024 / with English subtitles

The only keepsake Morî has from his father is an audio recording of the fairy tale her father used to tell him. Morî listens to this story from time to time. One day, a new teacher arrives at school. The moment Morî sees the teacher, she mistakes them for her father. Morî 's insistence on this belief develops into an emotional connection between her and the teacher.

Selected Festivals and Awards

• Boston Turkish Festival’s 19th Annual Documentary & Short Film Competition (2024): Best Short Film
• Film Festival Türkiye/Germany, Nuernberg (2025): Best Short Film
• International Short Film Festival Oberhausen, Germany (2024): World Premiere
• Short Shorts Film Festival & Asia, Tokyo, Japan (2024): International Premiere
• DOKUFEST International Documentary and Short Film Festival, Prizren, Kosovo (2024): Balkans Premiere
• Vancouver International Film Festival, Canada (2024): North America Premiere
• International Adana Golden Boll Film Festival, Türkiye (2024): Türkiye Premiere

Director YAKUP TEKİNTANGAÇ

Yakup Tekintangaç (1980, Ağrı) focuses on themes of childhood, identity, and belonging through his short films. His short film 'Azad' has won numerous awards at national and international film festivals and has been viewed over 1.5 million times on YouTube. His new short film, 'Morî,' supported by the European Union Civil Society Program, had its world premiere in the main competition section of the 70th Oberhausen International Short Film Festival, one of the most prestigious film festivals in the world. His filmography includes Morî (short, 2024), Azad (short, 2015), Polistan (short doc., 2016), Qapsûl (short, 2013).

“Azad” was the recipient of Special Mention at BTF’s 11th Documentary and Short Film Competition in 2016.