BIO:
I was born in Istanbul, Turkey. I studied writing in addition receiving education on theater and performing arts. I am still continuing my education in different fields. I have written theater plays for many years and worked as a screenwriter for TV works. The Voice of the Past is my first short film experience. I am an actress in the film besides being the screenwriter and director of it.
The Epic of Gilgamesh is the first book written in the history of mankind. There are no books or texts written before. This is the first extraordinary detail about it.
In the records, it seems that the heroic king of the Sumerians, Gilgamesh, lived between 2000/4000. Written ten centuries before Homer's Odyssey, this extraordinary epic has a language that can be easily read and understood in modern times of today. It wouldn't be wrong to say that this text acts upon every century. The second one is its extraordinary details.
It has an enormous influence on both the Old Testament and Greek mythology. We can say that almost all stories begin with the Epic of Gilgamesh first. The myth of Noah and the Flood was directly taken from the epic.
In my short film called The Voice of the Past, strict attention was paid for shooting the highlighted messages in real places in a historical order. The Museum of Ancient Oriental Works of Istanbul Archaeological Museums is full of Sumerian tablets and information about that period. And for these strong reasons, most of the scenes were shot in the Istanbul Archeology Museum. The first tablet of the epic provides a real journey to 2000 BC through the female character in the film.
The archaeological excavation site and the Sumerian Tablets were prepared in special environments as reflections of the real ones. Each shooting location was meticulously protected by respecting the work itself and preserving the essence of the authenticity.
The most important musical works that complete the scenes were used, such as George Frideric Handel's magnificent aria “Lascia Ch'io Pianga” and Arnold Böclin's "Die Toteninsel" (Isle of the Dead).
Which music is used in the scenes used in the movie is very important to me. I used the musical work of valuable artist Tan Taşçı in the last 3 scenes that make up the final scene.
We are all connected to each other with visible and invisible ties since the world was created. And every hero is definitely a sole representative of an adventure that progresses towards their own creation while going through various transformations in their own journey. They are unique.
Director's Statement:
The mourning, which is the common heritage of humanity, and the mourning processes that vary according to the culture have shaped the mythology. This deep bond is one of the strongest motivations of the film.