Mert Kaya
love is over
Turkey. 2017. | Mid-length documentary. 47min. | Portugues, Turkish.
On the days of June 2013, people from two different parts of the world went to the streets to shout out their dissatisfaction. This dissatisfaction had been accumulating over the past years with rising violations of civil rights and freedoms and neoliberal discipline methods in all over the world.
On those days when the Gezi Park was occupied, people in Brazil who were also in the streets protesting the bus fare rise were sending their greetings to Gezi Park. This documentary follows the story of its “Gezi protestor” narrator whose past is connected with Brazil. Hearing the greetings of Brazilian people as they chante through the streets “Love is over! This is Turkey now!”, the narrator sets on a journey to Brazil to find some answers about these concurrent protests.
After introducing his personal story to the audience, he introduces the streets of Sao Paulo, occupied homes, and demonstrators of different age, gender and backgrounds. So the audience starts to travel between personal and social memory.
“Love is Over” is a documentary aiming to refresh our own memories of struggle by listening to the stories from another part of the world.
DOCUMENTARIST 10th Istanbul Documentary Days,
JvdK New Talent Special Jury Award, 2017
36th Istanbul Film Festival, Turkey,
National Documentary Competition, Finalist, 2017
19th Eskisehir International Film Festival, Turkey,
Official Selection, 2017
10th Ege Documentary Days, Turkey,
Official Selection, 2017
4th Bozcaada International Ecological Documentary Festival, Turkey
Gaia Competition, Finalist, 2017
21st London Turkish Film Festival, England
Official Selection, 2017
Human Rights Foundation of Turkey - 8. Human Rights Documentary Days, Turkey
Official Selection, 2017
17th International Worker's Film Festival, Turkey
Official Selection, 2017
Filmambiente - International Ecological Film Festival, Brazil,
Official Selection, 2019
Mostra Matilha Cultural, Brazil,
Special Screening, 2019
IIPPE Annual Political Economy Conference, Portugal,
Special Screening, 2017
Bogaziçi University, Latin American Politics, Z.Kadirbeyoglu, Turkey
Special Screening, 2017
University of Bologna, Fikret Adaman, Italy
Special Screening, 2017
Institute of Social Studies, Murat Arsel, Holland,
Special Screening, 2017
credits
Director: Mert Kaya
Producers: Ariya Toprak, Mert Kaya
Co-producer: Fikret Adaman
Music: Deniz Mahir Kartal
Editing: Enes Tural
Assistant Producer: Ece Senbas
Illustrator: Seda Mit
Animation: Tolga Burçak
Sound: Adriano Saddeck dos Santos
Production Managers: Arda Çiltepe, Umut Kocagöz, Ian Okamoto
Advisor: Can Candan
© 2021. Mert Kaya