North American Premiere
As the unfolding genocide in Gaza is streamed around the world, resistence persists for a group of activists and immigrants in Amsterdam sabotaged by insomnia.
Netherlands/Turkey
2025
English
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MODES 1
From the indoctrination of youth to increasing surveillance, populist ethno-nationalist and fascist ideologies continue to take root, yet dissent remains at the fore.
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Credits & Director
Screenwriter
Fırat Yücel, Aylin Kuryel
Editor
Fırat Yücel
Original Music
Metin Bozkurt
Fırat Yücel
Firat Yücel is a documentary producer and editor who lives and works in Amsterdam and Istanbul. He curates the video series Altyazı Fasikül: Free Cinema, a part of the Altyazı Cinema Association, which is dedicated to supporting political film and video makers at risk in Turkey and elsewhere. His work centers around collective filmmaking and resistance against censorship, while his documentaries focus on topics like exile, surveillance, and the right to the city, taking forms that include video essays, desktop documentaries, and biopics, among others. Yücel is part of the BAK Cell, Utrecht, in the Fellowship for Situated Practice.
MODES
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MODES 1
From the indoctrination of youth to increasing surveillance, populist ethno-nationalist and fascist ideologies continue to take root, yet dissent remains at the fore.
MODES 2
Intimate and unapologetic stories of women and queer lives are uncovered through provocative and deeply personal accounts that examine memory, identity, and dignity.
MODES 3
Moving through often uncharted (subaltern) territory, these works and their subjects carry the remnants of emotional and physical labour on their shoulders, both literally and figuratively.