THE BABY ANT

Type:
Fiction

Duration:
15 mins

Year:
2023

Director:
Derya Uygurlar

Producer:
Onur Yagiz

Country:
Kurdistan (Bakur)

Languages:
Turkish

Subtitles:
English

Ayser has an important day tomorrow. She will visit her husband in prison, but first, she needs to sew clothes to pay the lawyer and convince her daughter Deniz that she can’t take her to the appointment. A short film by Derya Uygurlar, who is also nominated in the best short category in our competition!

Derya Uygurlar was born in Siverek (Turkey) in 1991. She worked as an actress in national and international productions including Soeur d’armes (France / US, 2019) by Caroline Fourest, Neighbours (Switzerland, 2021) by Mano Khalil and The Four Walls (Turkey / US, 2021) by Bahman Ghobadi. BABY ANT is her first short film as a director.