Rock, Paper, Scissors
Gamze Oto
Name of the film: Rock, Paper, Scissors
Producer: Gamze Oto
Rock
Director: Gamze Oto
Paper
Director: Erhan Avcı
Scissors
Director: Güçlü Aydoğdu
Writer: Gamze Oto
Cast: Anıl Berke Karakoç Fatih Moral Tutku Gül
Director of Photography: Erhan Avcı
Editor: Dev Karınca
Art Director: Güneş Uydaş
Sound: Ufuk Önen
Music: Anonym
Duration: 18’:30’’
Language: No dialogue
Synopsis
Log Line: A family in despair on the border of a city and realities that cannot be shared…
A family of three people lives in a slum district. Child is a weak willed person selling battery chargers at traffic jam and aware of the conditions and injustice he is into. He owns a ritual to smooth away his anger by dropping stones into the water he is collecting from the streets. Dad is a paper collector and a thinner addict while conditions and exclusion he is exposed to in streets made him accept of his misery. Mother, having become numb with unhappiness of her life lived in a small house, is a woman faces a dilemma since she is pregnant. While she has hatred against life she has been living, her will not to bring another child to life stays prominent.
The film deals with one day of each character from the aspect of three different views.
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Festival de Cine de Lanzarote “World Premiere” // Spain // 4 April 2014
Cannes Film Festival – Short Film Corner // France // 13 May 2015
Sardinia Film Festival // Italy // 26 June 2015
International Euro Film Festival // Spain // 1 July 2015
Bengaluru International Short Film Festival // India // 30 August 2015
Balkan Film and Food Festival // Albania // 14 September 2015
Manaki Brothers Festival Bitola // Republic of Macedonia // 18 September 2015
Byron Bay International Film Festival // Australia // 14 October 2015
“Best Foreign Film”
Whatashort India International Film Festival // India // 15 November 2015