A struggling actor running a makeshift self-tape studio in his San Fernando Valley apartment grows increasingly disillusioned as a wide range of actors flow in and out, and lazy contemporaries continue to get opportunities that elude him.
In an age where silence is complicity, Muslimgauze: Electronic Intifada resurrects the haunting pulse of Bryn Jones—the Manchester-born musician who devoted his entire life to the Palestinian struggle without ever setting foot in the Middle East. Through the voices of his publisher and best friend, Geert-Jan Hobijn, Turkish musician Ekin Fil, and Turkish author Şule Demirtaş, the film traces Jones’s obsessive solitude and commitment in the studio, where he crafted a sonic battlefield of noise, resistance, and distortion. Postbellek's short documentary Muslimgauze: Electronic Intifada unfolds where the political collides with the artistic—a visual translation of noise into awakening. Confronting the uneasy intersections of politics, art, and representation, it is not a eulogy but a provocation: a reminder that resistance can echo louder than words—and sometimes, from the most unexpected corners of the world.
Queen Elizabeth I commissions a magnificent mechanical organ for Sultan Mehmed III, crafted by the famed Thomas Dallam. The organ, adorned with singing birds and celestial mechanisms, is shipped over six months of treacherous seas. Upon arrival, Dallam assembles it and personally plays the organ as the Sultan eagerly awaits. Yet, despite its grandeur, the organ’s story ends in tragedy. Postbellek's short documentary was produced with the guidance and narration of Emre Aracı, and it leverages artificial intelligence by Atıl Altaş.
‘In thin air’ attempts to touch the invisible plane of pure image wedged between camera and subject, to move the world within the frame rather than turning the frame towards the world. Ruptures within the image allow visible subjects to be woven and sifted through the weave of the edit like strands of hair through fingers.
A legendary flamenco dynasty channels raw emotion and family bonds into electrifying performances, creating a powerful legacy of Spanish dance artistry across generations.
When the world recedes and material happiness becomes a nuisance value, a mentally distracted self-critique rediscovers his soul by riding his Ferris Wheel, in search for his roots.
Over the course of one day, a young drama teacher at a high school, struggles to stay true to her artistic vision as an Ibsen-director while her girlfriend, the school system, and modern society stand in her way.
In the mid-1920s, Cevat Şakir, also known as Halikarnas Balıkçısı, was sentenced to death for an article he wrote in a magazine and was exiled to Bodrum. Instead of rotting in prison, he took a step towards a new life with the helping hand extended by the district governor. He left his past behind and made his name forgotten.