| Details | Available in DC, Maryland, and Virginia rom October 15–31
Stream it Here: https://watch.eventive.org/dcturkishfilmfest
Trailer: https://vimeo.com/169852705
Working as a censor in a prison, Zakir’s days are spent reading other people's letters and carefully blacking out everything not meant for the eyes of those serving time. In order to escape the stress of his job, he signs up for a creative writing course. One day, however, he is given a tricky assignment: to select a photograph and write a fictional account inspired by the picture. He decides to use a photo he finds enclosed in one of the prisoner’s letters. But Zakir's interest in the woman it depicts shifts beyond the assigned task and becomes a compulsive preoccupation to help her, regardless of whether her cruel fate is real or just a figment of his imagination. Passed by Censor is a psychological study of a man who succumbs to his obsession, unable to distinguish fantasy from reality. Description courtesy of the Boston Turkish Film Festival. (Dir: Serhat Karaaslan, Turkey, 2018, 95 min., Turkish with English subtitles)
Image courtesy of Meryem Yavuz |
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