Aether
Director: Rûken Tekeş
Türkiye, Italy , 2019
81′
Synopsis
A filmmaker’s 21-day homage to capture the ethereal essence of her unique ancient homeland soon to be submerged by a hydroelectric dam, Aether is instinctively carried and driven by emotions, feelings, and observations. It reveals the place’s truths following its own unencumbered chronology. An invitation to a free-minded voyage into nature’s cycle of birth-death-rebirth in the oldest continuously inhabited place on Earth, Hasankeyf.
Eski Bademli Köy Meydanı, Eski Bademli
21.09.24 – Saturday – 19.00
Director
Rûken Tekeş is an international human rights expert who worked several years for the United Nations and lectured in universities and worked as a representative of NGOs. Tekeş started writing scripts and directing films on social, political and environmental issues in 2015. Her first short fiction Hevêrk /The Circle participated in over 200 festivals worldwide. Her feature documentary debut Aether premiered at Visions Du Rèel FF International Competition, awarded for Golden Orange at Antalya Int. FF. She is a member of European Film Academy and has supported human rights and cinema since 2002. She is the founder of production company Sarya Films Collective, which produces her films and supports women in cinema.
Crew
Editing: Marco Spoletini, Rûken Tekeş
Camera: Ute Freund, Deniz Eyüboğlu, Merle Jothe, Andres Lizana Prado
Music: Diler Özer, Metehan Dada
Sound: Roberta D’angelo
Producer: Billur Arıkan, Gabriele Oricchio, Rûken Tekeş, SARYA Films Collective