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National Competition

IGUANA TOKYO

• Director: Kaan Müjdeci
• JAPAN, TURKEY / 2022 / DCP / Colour / 72’ / Turkish, Japanese; Turkish, English s.t.

• Screenplay: Kaan Müjdeci
• Director of Photography: Mate Herbai
• Editing: Doruk Kaya, Yorgos Mavropsaridis
• Art Director: Meral Efe Yurtseven, Yunus Emre Yurtseven
• Original music: Kazuya Nagaya, Sound Walk Collective
• Cast: Saadet Aksoy, Ertan Saban, Deniz Ülkü
• Producer: Kaan Müjdeci, Kanat Doğramacı
• Production Co.: Kaan Film, Asteros Sinema A.Ş.
• World Sales: Coloured Giraffes

2023 Istanbul Film Festival Best Original Music, Best Art Director

Tokyo, the near future... Every corner of the city, every layer of society is under the spell of a virtual reality game: M². The game allows people of all ages and status to lose themselves in an alternate universe, but becomes a dangerous experience for an ordinary family, where the winning family member rules the family. As the fine line between reality and fantasy blurs, M² begins to control the family’s living spaces and redefine daily life. The rules are simple: whoever wins, sees their personal space in the house expand, and whoever has the most square meters, gets to rule the household. Fourteen-year-old Tokyo, who turns out to be the best player, is torn between reality and what she wants to be real. In this new world, which offers an easy escape from reality, only animals are left out. A giant green iguana is the only living thing able to watch people slowly lose themselves between the two worlds.

This film was a Meetings on the Bridge participant.