Movie Details
Original Language:Turkish
Elio
Black Bag
Lilo & Stitch
Shrinking
The Roses
Mercy
Thunderbolts*
The Running Man
The Fantastic 4: First Steps
Crime 101
The Roses
Wayward
Ironheart
Barrio Triste
100 Nights of Hero
The Family Plan 2
Blue, Revolution and VHS Tapes
Movie"revolution, vhstapes, archive"
17 min
An archival biography in three chapters, exploring the revolutionary potential of being a cinephile... A war pilot, a radical revolutionary, and a cinephile... This is the portrait of a man who left the army and built a successful career as businessman in Europe. Only a few people knew that he was also an undercover member of the resistance movement against Turkey’s military regime in early 1970s. Mekin Gönenç later dedicated most of his life to the movies. When he died after suffering a heart attack while swimming in 2011, he left behind thousands of VHS tapes and meticulously crafted home-made film journals. His death between the two blues he cherished most—the sea and the sky— now give some consolation to his wife. Through archives, we trace the journey of a 20th-century romantic. (DokuFest, Balkan Dox, 2025 )
DirectorSerdar Kökçeoğlu
