My Mother’s Hair (2021)

Animated Documentary, 3min 39sec, 
Director/ Animation : Zeynep Sıla Demircioğlu
Editor: Zeynep Sıla Demircioğlu
Technique: 2d digital animation
Interview / Research: Gulzat Matisakova
Producer: GWA St. Pauli

“To work as a guest worker a Turkish mother migrates to Germany without her children. The family reunification takes some years. The smallest daughter of that family shares her story of growing up without a mother. This biographic story is brought to the audience through 2d animated natural representations."

 

Past Screenings:

  • Internationale Kurzfilmtage Oberhausen 2021 (competition program)
  • TAF Thessaloniki Animation Festival 2021
  • DOK Leipzig Film Festival 2021
  • Canlandiranlar Film Festivali 2021 (competition program)
  • Documentarist Istanbul Film Festival 2021
  • The Big Cartoon Festival 2022 ( documentary program)
  • Tricky Women Film Festival 2022 ( Work Affairs Program)
  • International Labor Film Festival Turkey

PRESS

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