Unknown Continent

Edició 2026
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At the French Institute

SAT 06/06 ● 8 pm
Precedes the movie Dreamers

FRI 12/06 ● 6 pm
Precedes the movie Dreamers

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Title: Unknown Continent
Direction: Murat Arda Gürsoy
Cast: Aude Ruyter, Ilgit Ucum, Ipek Sobutay
Production: Lumanes Films
Distribution: Ninova Films
Genre: Drama
Duration: 14’
Country: Turkey
Year: 2024
O.V. in Turkish and French. Subtitles in Spanish

Festivals: Akbank (short films), Beloit, Istanbul (social cinema), Linz (short films), Monterey, Riga, Seattle (Turkish cinema)

First showing in Spain

Merve is a former athlete living on the Anatolian side of Istanbul, making a living by selling performance-enhancing drugs. Upon receiving the news of her father’s death in Belgium, Merve finds herself faced with a choice between two continents. This decision will also lead to losing one of the two people she loves… Will she choose her sister who dreams of a life abroad or the athlete she is in love with?

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