İki Laborantın Yorgun Saatleri (The Weary Hours of Two Lab Assistants)

Name: İki Laborantın Yorgun Saatleri (The Weary Hours of Two Lab Assistants)
Director: Burak Çevik
Genre: Drama, Experimental
Released: 2026
Duration: 22 min

Synopsis

At midnight, two lab assistants study an unknown substance using machines and procedures that are unclear to us. They pursue knowledge through the strict logic of the laboratory. As exhaustion settles in, one of the assistants brews Turkish coffee for the other, and the night shifts. The process becomes a fortune-telling, and the scientific gaze gives way to intuition. Moving from analysis to foresight, the two women imagine another method of knowing, a space where rational inquiry and intuitive perception coexist.
Official Selection Berlin International Film Festival 2026 - Forum Expanded - World premiere

Details

Year: 2026
Type of project: Shorts
Running time: 22 min
Director: Burak Çevik
Producer: Burak Çevik
Co-Producer: Kanat Doğramacı, Nuri Cem Erbak, Vanja Vascarac, Stjepan Hundic
Editor: Burak Çevik
Screenwriter: Burak Çevik
Director of Photography: Gregory Oke
Production Designer: Dilşad Aladağ
Composer: Zeynep Toraman
Principal cast: Nalan Kuruçim, Bahar Çevik, Didar Püren Erbek
Sound Design: Taylan Geçit, Deniz Can Barış

Genre

Drama Experimental

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Turkey, UK, Croatia co-production

Fol Film (TR), Maya Film (UK), Vertigo Media (HR), Robot 22 (HR)

Maya Film

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