Looking for Nothing2023   |    Turkey, UK & the Netherlands    |    8 minutes
A dantean journey of heartbreaks, moving homes and missing home(s). Taking the author Sait Faik Abasıyanık as her guide, the filmmaker responds to his writings from the novel "Alemdağ'da Var Bir Yılan." (There is a Snake in Alemdağ) Made with iPhone footage, 8mm, 16mm and 35mm film as well as 35mm photographic film, transferred to video.

Sound by Fusée-fusée.


Winning film of Cinema CSM chosen by Girls in Film.
Looking for Nothing is a moving piece that, through creative use of a variety of mediums, captures feelings of nostalgia, longing and a search for meaning. The film utilizes a range of art-forms; from scans of seashells and diary entries to super8 and iphone footage. The film ties all the formats together in a fascinating, poetic and narratively effective way. It is also worth mentioning the effectiveness of the soundscape and editing that allows for a narrative structure and pace that keeps the viewer drawn into from start to finish. Overall, the work successfully allows the viewer to immerse themselves into layers of artforms combined with a mysterious, fascinating and deeply personal narrative; tying it all together poetically.”