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In Limbo
Challenging Middle Eastern conventions and stereotypes, IN LIMBO features intimate vignettes of taboo-breaking personalities from Istanbul free from clichés and expectations.
2022 Winner, Best Experimental, SHORT to the Point, International Short Film Festival

2022 Finalist, Special Category Low Budget, CICLOPE Global Festival, Kino International, Berlin, Germany

2023 Shortlist, Fashion Film Festival Milano, Italy

2022 Shortlist, Canadian International Fashion Film Festival, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
2023 Shortlist Craft: Direction, Cinematography, Idea, Casting, Category: Cultural Impact, Berlin Commercial, Heilig-Kreuz-Kirche, Berlin, DE

2023 Official Selection In Limbo, New York City International Fashion Film Festival, Dolby Screening Room, New York, NY, USA

2023 Official Selection In Limbo, Fashionclash Festival, Lumière Cinema, Maastricht, Netherlands

2023 Group Exhibition Lubunya Dispatches, ICA, Institute of Contemporary Arts, London, UK

2023 Common Visions Berlin: Queer Hive Istanbul, Sinema Transtopia, Berlin, Germany

2023 Shortlist, Positively Different Short Film Festival, Athens, Greece

2023 Official Selection, Reelout Queer Film Festival, Kingston, Ontario, Canada

2023 Official Selection, Fashion Film Festival Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands

2022 Official Selection, image + nation festival film LGBTQueer Montréal QC, Canada

2022 Official Selection, Video Art and Experimental Film Festival, New York, NY, USA

2022 Featured on Film Shortage

2022 Featured + Q&A on Directors Notes

2022 Featured + Q&A on Curation Hour

2022 Premiered on NOWNESS
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Starring
Meli Bendeli, Akış Ka, Must Kika & Özgür Uzay

Produced by Stink Films
& 212 Studio

Executive Producers
Divina Kuan & Handan Yılmaz
Cinematography
Leander Ott

Executive Producers
Divina Kuan & Handan Yılmaz

Producer
Özlem Seçkiner

Casting Director
Eylem The Casting Killer

Stylist
Kaner Kıvanç

Make Up Artist
Serkan Parmaksızoğlu

Hair Artist
Ahmet Çepel

Body Painter
Ahu Aydemir
Editors
Vigdís Erla & Harun Güler

Colorist
Delfina Mayer

Music
TI:ME:CO:DE

VFX
Doğuş Aslan

Title Design
Sascha Jörres

Poem
İrem Aydın

Vocal Performance
Harun Güler
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Istanbul, TR
Summer
2022