Project Detail

Borderland

Synopsis

Ozlem is Kurdish. When her village in Turkish Kurdistan was bombed by the Turkish army Ozlem fled and came to London. She lives in the predominantly Turkish area of Dalston with Onur, her Turkish boyfriend.

Her work in a Kurdish community centre helping Kurdish asylum seekers heightens the stresses and strains on her relationship with Onur. Far away from home and in a foreign land, she is struggling to make some sense of her own identity.

Details

Year
2010
Type of project
Shorts
Running time
22 mins
Format
Mini DV
Director
Caterina Monzani
Producer
National Film and Television School
Co-Producer
National Film and Television School
Editor
Josh Levinski
Director of Photography
Caterina Monzani
Sound
Jeet Thakrar

Production Status

Production Company

National Film and Television School

Sales Company

National Film and Television School

www.nftsfilm-tv.ac.uk

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