Mustafa Uzuner

I'm truly grateful to have been part of this wonderful short film in collaboration with talented @malaika_shostakovich ! The film is set for its premiere screening on November 24th as part of the RIDM's National Competition in the company of many other great films by extremely talented artists. Poster: @malaika_shostakovich @ridm_festival @alexlane___ Link in bio

Poster! Design by: @jordzigram

Grateful to share that my new work will be part of the New Visions Competition at the upcoming @ridm_festival - an honor to be in the company of such amazing artists and works. Thanks to all who helped me bring this piece into the world, in countless ways. @mhacalaki , kristian north, chris edmondson, @mugeeuznr , @sciliv and many many others..

This Saturday night, XINEMA will moderating the post screening Q&A of Mustafa Uzuner // @acephale ’s Soul of the Foot (2025) as a part of @doxafestival ’s 2026 paraDOXA series. Soul of the Foot Saturday, May 2, 8:45pm The Cinematheque // @thecinematheque Moving from the intimate to the cosmic, “Soul of the Foot” is an essay that expores memory, erasure, and a country in transition. Weaving archival footage with casual encounters, it is anchored by fragments of old home videos—quiet gestures of family life where the domestic and political subtly intersect. Shot partly on 16mm, the camera captures the dense textures of present-day Türkiye: the murmur of election campaigns, street musicians, and the tension of shifting nationalisms. Navigating the space between rural memory and urban fracture, the film seeks a pulse of belonging suspended between what endures and what slips away. Tickets are available through the link in our bio!🌝

🎥 SOUL OF THE FOOT (dir. Mustafa Uzuner) screens at DOXA on May 2 & 3. Part of paraDOXA. Opening on a solar eclipse—an echo of the crescent on Turkey's flag—this essay film traces a country suspended between past an present. Attentive to memory and erasure, Uzuner asks what independence feels like when a history 'written with blood" continues to press against the present. Mustafa Uzuner will also lead an editing workshop on May 2. 🎟️ Buy tickets at doxafestival.ca or see link in bio. Did you know: Indigenous audiences are invited to attend any DOXA screening or event for free? You can book your complimentary tickets by contacting our box office. We also offer discounted ticket rates for students, seniors, people with wheelchair accessibility needs and those facing financial barriers. *** #documentaryfilm #essayfilm #canadianfilm #experimentalfilm #editingworkshop #filmediting #filmfestival #vancouverevents

Mustafa Uzuner (@acephale ) grounds our third issue with a provocation: what if disintegration is not a fading that affirms defeat, but a writing? In “Notes on How to Touch a Quince,” Uzuner moves through several provocations, from Goethe’s Urpflanze to Genet’s Shatila, describing erosion and ruin as forms of inscription: “disintegration is not a passive fading but an aggressive re-inscription, a brutal counter-script defying any attempt at sanitization or forgetting.” Read this and more in The Vermin Issue 03: (un/in)Scripted ✍️

SOUL OF THE FOOT | Samedi 13 déc 15h45 | En présence de Mustafa Uzuner 🏆 Prix Nouveaux Regards / @fipresci @ridm_festival Présenté dans le cadre du programme de rattrapage des lauréats des RIDM, qui se tiendra samedi le 13 et dimanche le 14 décembre.   🦶 Avec SOUL OF THE FOOT, Mustafa Uzuner livre une méditation en trois mouvements reflétant un pan de l’histoire turque : la tentative interrompue du pays à adhérer à l’Union européenne, toujours en suspens. Sur une période de 25 ans, le film aborde la mémoire intime et collective de ce projet. En premier temps, lors de l’éclipse de 1999, familles et médias se réunissent afin de témoigner de cet événement. Puis, un saut dans le temps : la politique infiltre le quotidien et les échanges familiaux du cinéaste dans un contexte où le pays entre en négociations. Finalement, un temps présent se déploie telle une symphonie urbaine où une collection de fragments d’existence, tournée sur pellicule, documente l’après coup. Sans nostalgie ou ressenti, cet essai tente d’animer les potentialités passées et futures de la Turquie avec sensibilité et détail. (RIDM/MF)   Veuillez noter que ces projections sont des présentations du Cinéma Public et que les passeports, accréditations et carnets de billets produits par les RIDM ne seront pas acceptés. Billets | En savoir plus : cinemapublic.ca → Lien en bio

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AN EVENING SONG (FOR THREE VOICES) Screening at @anthologyfilmarchives May 24 & 25 Screening at @acropoliscinema May 29 Writer/Director: @ravenserodd With: Deragh Campbell, Hannah Gross, @petervackofficial Producers: @ravenserodd , @lioxaviera , @jeremyungar , @acephale Cinematography: @bartondillingham Production & Costume Design: @raeswon Score: Rachel Evans Gaffer: @kevin.pastor SFX Make-up: @goojer Hair & Make-up: @lastlookswitherica ADs: @lioxaviera , @benjaminviertel Line Producer: @jane_oneill Sound Mix: @alexlane___ Distribution: @factory_25

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