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Toprak w/ alterSchädelToprak w/ alterSchädel

Toprak w/ alterSchädel

October 8–12, 2020

Virtual Screening

Toprak

Sevgi Hirschhauser (Dir), 105 minutes, NY Premiere, Turkey

Orphaned teenager Burak (Burak Aydin) dreams of life beyond his remote, impoverished Turkish village.

Screening with:

alterSchädel

jonCates (Dir), 3 minutes, NY Premiere, USA

Out West on the wagon trail, The Cowgirl considers the journey ahead and the damages already done, in this evocative, deconstruction of western tropes.

Watch the filmmaker Q+A here!

  • Video from Toprak

    Directed by: Sevgi Hirschhauser

    Still from Toprak

    Still from Toprak

    Directed by: Sevgi Hirschhauser

  • Still from alterSchädel

    Still from alterSchädel

    Directed by: jonCates

October 8–12, 2020

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