A GLASS OF DESIRE

A young woman’s husband is mysteriously taken away from her at dawn. She tries to mourn by remembering him through objects and imitation but this leads to a destructive discovery of her desires towards the mysterious entities that took her husband away. She finds herself in a realistic limbo of unexpected desires.

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2021 | 1.78:1 | 2K DCP | 25fps | Color | 5.1 | No Dialogue | 15′ 
Cast Melis Balaban, Rutger Lysen, Daria Vlasenko, Niklas Molander
Writer, Director, Producer, Editor Yusuf Ölmez 
Co-Producer Prague Film School 
Director of Photography Shreerang Kulkarni 
Sound Design and Mix Cenker Kökten 
Colorist Ercan Küçük 
Assistant Director Aslı Erda 
Sound Recordists Onur Oğuz & Ksheetij Saini 
Gaffer Alessandro Stagno 
Assistant Camera Mihir Kulkarni 
Production Coordinator Malcolm Brainerd 
 
FESTIVALS
2021 – Screen Power Film Festival, Best International Short Film
2021 Izmir Short Film Festival
2021 – Short to the Point International Short Film Festival 
2021  Rome Independent Prisma Awards 
2021  Amerta Film Festival 
2021  Alta Marea Festival 
2021  Ce l’ho Corto Film Festival 
2022 – Three Gardens Short Film Festival
2022  Luma Short Film Festival
2022  Garofano Rosso Film Festival