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ISTANBUL TRILOGY: MEZE-MUSIC-MUHABBET

• Director: Ferzan Özpetek
• TÜRKİYE / 2023 / DCP / Colour / 60’ / Turkish; English s.t.

• Screenplay: Ferzan Özpetek
• Director of Photography: Firar Güney Kayran
• Editing: Ali Aga
• Music: Mithat Can Özer
• Cast: Meze: Ahsen Eroğlu, Serra Yılmaz, Ayta Sözeri, Aslı İnandık, Nezaket Erden, Oğulcan Arman Uslu, İpek Tuzcuoğlu, Burcu Gölgedar, Şirin Sultan Saldamlı; Müzik: Burak Yamantürk, Yiğit Kirazcı, Sitare Akbaş, Ali Seçkiner Alıcı, Pınar Göktaş, Sezen Keser, Görkem Mertsöz, Saim Güveloğlu, Fırat Ege Uykan, Duygu Demir Sağlam, Fırat Küçüksarı, Taylan Dora Güven, Berkay Celal Çetin, Aden Lina; Muhabbet: Kubilay Aka, Süreyya Güzel, Ahmet Kaynak, İdil Sivritepe, Emre Dinler, Özge Erdem, Aykut Yılmaz, Bahar Sili, Güney Yılmaz, Mehmet Ergenç 
Producer: Erhan Güven, Ender Sevim
• Production Co.: Tork, Depofilm
• World Sales: Tork, Depofilm

Ferzan Özpetek’s Istanbul Trilogy explores the rich and deep-rooted tradition of raki banquets, where beautiful people who share life, cheer up or get sad, come together, with the unique beauty of Istanbul in the background, and comprises of three independent stories:

“Meze”: Life is disappointing sometimes. You might think you’re having your worst day. But if you have close friends with whom you share your life, maybe that day is not as bad as you think... and maybe it is a day worth celebrating. “Music”: A childhood memory that you didn’t care about at first can affect your destiny and your future. It can shape how you grow up, what you do, what kind of life you live. Sometimes life gets better with coincidences. “Muhabbet”: Missing a person, a city, a friend, a lover is a heavy burden you always carry on your back. You try everything to satisfy the longing inside you. The longing never ends, but you learn to live with it.

This film was a Meetings on the Bridge participant.