About Film

A film about migration, otherness, and the fragile possibility of living together.
Aksaray is a district in Istanbul’s historic peninsula. Today, it has become a stopover for those escaping war, poverty, and erasure. Traces of Syria, Somalia, East Turkestan, and Kazakhstan merge in its streets. An Ethiopian hairdresser stands beside a Damascene restaurant; a Kazakh eatery is followed by a Gazan falafel shop. A courier from Urfa competes with a Somali counterpart. Yemenis and Uyghurs have become neighboring shopkeepers.

At the heart of this transformation lies Yeni Han — a place where many seek a way forward. From asylum applications to court petitions, school enrollments to residence permits, lives are rewritten as documents are translated. For some, it’s a refuge; for others, a noisy and unsettling space. Yeni Han is filled with moments where the official and the unofficial constantly shift places.

Right next to this intense flow, in the same building and on the same street, an invisible distance stretches between the locals and the newcomers. They live side by side, yet without touch. Sometimes built from fear, sometimes from prejudice, often in silence. A space crowded with assumptions formed without knowing, and judgments made without meeting.

Fragman

Crew

Yönetmen & Senarist / Written & Directed by
Bingöl Elmas

Görüntü Yönetmeni / Director of Photography
Koray Kesik

Kurgu / Editing
Kurtuluş Özgen

Müzik, Music

Envato Elements

Video Arşiv,  Video Archive

Envato Elements

Filme Katılanlar, Participants

Abdurahman B.

Amr Zakaria

Burhan Yasar

Daila Saree

Gökhan Kurt

Maradona Hasan

Muhammed Elgacer

Murat İncikuş

Samir Babayev

Şerif Sendou

Zülfü Kaplan

Renk Düzenleme, Colorist

Beste Kaçmaz

Afiş Tasarımı / Poster Design
Ümit Berkup

Yönetmen Yardımcısı / Assistant Director
Alev Elmas

Deşifre, Transcript

Hamiyet Baklacı

Redaksiyon / Proofreading

Ufuk Özgen

Çeviri, Translations

Arapça, Arabic

Eser Gül, Özgür Deprem, Nur Beyazıtoğlu

Kürtçe, Kurdish

Salih Bilen

Rusça, Russian

Tolga Özçelik, Anna & Celal Ceylan

İngilizce, English

Burak Altıngöz

Mekanlar, Thanks

YeniHan, Yemen Mutfağı, Şam Sofrası, Maandeeq Restaurant, Beyt Halep, Seyfo Kargo, Miba Kargo, Al Afandy Cafe Restaurant

Kurgu Stüdyosu Editing Studio

Nöbetçi Ajans

Teşekkürler, Special Thanks To

Nour Jammal, Cezmi Zilan, Isa Örken

Zülfü Kaplan, Sami Gök, Nevzat Aladağ

Metin Bayrak, Bişar Bektaş, Seyhan Duru

Kemal Duru, Atlas Hakan Özel

Abdullrahman Baklacı, Zeycan Elmas

Semih Demir, Cemil Elmas, İsmigül Elmas

Pervin Metin, Özge Akkoyunlu, Burak Dal

Eren Bozbas, Celil Badikanlı, Dilan Engin,

Şirin Bahar Demirel, Hakan Aytekin, Fırat Yücel

Ebubekir Çetinkaya, Elif Ergezen, Özge Astan

Mustafa Ünlü, Ufuk Özgen, Berkay Göçer

Movie Quotes
Purpose, Approach
Press Release
Supporters
Festivals

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