Defne (26), a fine-art conservator, living the best expat life in France, loses her work permit when her contract is suddenly terminated. Forced to leave her life and her boyfriend behind, she now has to battle her quarter-life crisis in Istanbul - a city which will not help her heal that easily. 

Writers Aysın Kadirbeyoğlu, Ozan Yoleri
Producers Alara Hamamcıoğlu, Ilgım Coşar
Director Ozan Yoleri

FUNDED BY
Republic of Turkey Ministry of Culture and Tourism | General Directorate of Cinema

SELECTED PLATFORMS
2022 TRT 12 Punto
2021 Connecting Cottbus Co-production Market
2020 Istanbul Film Festival | Meetings on the Bridge
2020 Torino Film Lab NEXT 


DIRECTOR'S BIOGRAPHY

Graduated from Robert College and Boğaziçi University and completed his minor degree in Film Studies. He gave photography lectures in BUFOK on darkroom and film photography. He is one of the co-founders of the Istanbul based production company Vigo Film. His last short film, Aylin, premiered at the 25th Palm Springs Short Fest, and was awarded with the Special Jury Prize at the Antalya Golden Orange FF. This Beautiful Night is his first feature film project.
Ozan is a Sarajevo Talents alumni.