Gizem Akman
2 titles
Filmography
2 results
Fish
(2014)Kaya, a fisherman, lives with his wife, Filiz, in a village on the shores of a lake. They have a young daughter, Deniz, who is unable to speak. In search of a cure for Deniz, Filiz decides to try an ancient alternative remedy. She thinks that feeding the girl a breed of fish believed to be medicinal will heal her disorder. The trouble is, the fish is no longer to be found in the village lake. Filiz sets off for another lake to find it. In the end, she catches eight of the rare fish and starts feeding them to her daughter...
Rüya
(2016)Sine is a young architect who doesn't like the current form of architectural practice. She designs a cave-like mosque based on the legend of the Seven Sleepers. But the construction stops after facing some difficulties and Sine starts to experience sleep deprivation due to stress. Finally, she agrees to be treated in a sleep lab. She has a dream there, where she is actually with the Seven Sleepers and witnesses everything. When she wakes up, she feels different, physically and spiritually. Nobody around her notices this change. Sine changes physically and spiritually everytime she goes to the lab, and with every change, she reacts to all the obstacles and her own problems in a different way than she did before.