- Vimeo Staff Pick
- David Reviews 5-star (https://www.davidreviews.com/work/2022/Short_Films_Were_Here/)
'We're Here' is short documentary about the symbolic annihilation of the largely populated Turkish speaking demographic in the United Kingdom.
The film flits through a medley of British Turkish speaking people, capturing the diversity and thoughts on their invisibility in the media.
directed, shot & cut - MAHMUT AKAY
producer - FIRAT AYAS
sound mix & design - JANE LO
music - MATTHEW HALSALL - JOYFUL SPIRITS OF THE UNIVERSE
colourist - ANDI CHU @ BLACK KITE
executive producer - NAVARRO AYDEMIR
production company - MAFA
special thanks: AZIZ GUNES, DILBER DUYGU TEMUR, SEDAT SAG, SEVGI KAYMAK, SABRI OZAYDIN, AYSE ALAGOZ, DILAN YENGIN, YUSUF ALAGOZ, R.W.WOLF, DILEK SENER, ERDINC KEMAL, UMIT MESUT, MAHMUT COBAN, HAN ATES, CABBAR BOZIYE, MAHIR GUDEN, ORHAN AYAS, JAN VRHOVNIK, NAVARRO AYDEMIR.
shot on KODAK 16mm film.)
Captions provided by CCTubes – Captioning the Internet! – Izmir International Short Film Festival – Best Documentary Finalist (Oscar-qualifying)
– Vimeo Staff Pick
– David Reviews 5-star (https://www.davidreviews.com/work/2022/Short_Films_Were_Here/)
‘We’re Here’ is short documentary about the symbolic annihilation of the largely populated Turkish speaking demographic in the United Kingdom.
The film flits through a medley of British Turkish speaking people, capturing the diversity and thoughts on their invisibility in the media.
directed, shot & cut – MAHMUT AKAY
producer – FIRAT AYAS
sound mix & design – JANE LO
music – MATTHEW HALSALL – JOYFUL SPIRITS OF THE UNIVERSE
colourist – ANDI CHU @ BLACK KITE
executive producer – NAVARRO AYDEMIR
production company – MAFA
special thanks: AZIZ GUNES, DILBER DUYGU TEMUR, SEDAT SAG, SEVGI KAYMAK, SABRI OZAYDIN, AYSE ALAGOZ, DILAN YENGIN, YUSUF ALAGOZ, R.W.WOLF, DILEK SENER, ERDINC KEMAL, UMIT MESUT, MAHMUT COBAN, HAN ATES, CABBAR BOZIYE, MAHIR GUDEN, ORHAN AYAS, JAN VRHOVNIK, NAVARRO AYDEMIR.
shot on KODAK 16mm film.
