Canadian Premiere
An animated exploration of human darkness based on the real-life murder of eight-year-old Narin Güran.
Content Considerations: Child abuse, animal cruelty
France
2025
In Turkish with English subtitles
This short is featured in:
Short Forum 1: The Scarier One
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Credits & Director
Producer
Damien Megherbi, Justin Pechberty, Clara Marquardt
Screenwriter
Ayçe Kartal
Cinematography
Ayçe Kartal
Editor
Ayçe Kartal
Production Design
Ayçe Kartal
Ayçe Kartal
Ayce Kartal is an animation graduate from Anadolu University in Eskisehir. His short Wicked Girl (2018) was the first animated film to win the Grand Prize in the Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival, and would go on to win the César for Best Animated Short Film in 2019. His latest short, Who killed Narin G**** ? (2026), was made in response to the deep social divide and tense political situation in Turkey, particularly around human rights issues and the growing number of child disappearances and cases of domestic violence. Kartal is currently developing his first feature film.
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