ela kazdal


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Ela Kazdal is an artist and filmmaker based in London. She is a video editor at MUBI.

She has presented her films at Salt Beyoğlu in Istanbul, Æden in Berlin, Everyman Cinema,  Firstsite, Fabrica Gallery, Royal College of Art in the UK and the International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) in the Netherlands.

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Early Stages of Carrying the Boulder2022    |    Turkey    |    20 minutes    |    VHS transferred to video
Using VHS footage recorded by the director’s father since 1993, the film intertwines the intimate moments of a family: from forming a marriage to the birth of their first child. Following the story of a couple, it shows the intimate moments of their baby adapting to the ways of life - from managing gravity to witnessing the socio-political context of Turkey in the late 90s.

viewing copy available upon request


2024 - 3x3 Short Film Programme at Beyoğlu Cinema in Istanbul, TR: Q&A with Ceylan Özgün Özçelik
2023 - 9th Sakarya International Short Film Festival, Sakarya, TR
2022 - 4th Istanbul International Experimental Film Festival, Istanbul, TR: Honorary Mention in the First Experiment category.