Examination of Conscience

Miguel Hurdato chooses to make a documentary film to expose his childhood sexual abuse by the monk of the Catholic Church. The documentary based on many victims of sexual abuse. If the story is told not by one person but by many victims and all sides of the events are included in the narrative, it…

Pseudonym

Ben Meliha Yıldız. Five years ago, in 5 Harfliler, it was I who wrote about the domestic sexual abuse she experienced under the pseudonym Dilara Sert. It’s time to take off the pseudonym. I’m not the one who should be hiding. I haven’t felt the need to hide since the time I said “My father…

Those Who Leave Omelas’s Cellar

I had to get my childhood out of the cellar to could leave Omelas. It wasn’t enough for some to bear the guilt of being human in order to leave Omelas. The lock on the cellar was the taboo. I decided to talk about the taboo so I could unlock it. I chose to speak…

I Want to Forgive This Country

I want to forgive this country. I want to forgive Even though there is no such request from the country, nor do I have that kind of place. For me to heal, for us to heal. To be able to forgive…To forgive means to face the culprit, then the culprit pleading guilty and ultimately getting…

Festen

                The film opens with Dogma95 certificate. It follows Dogma95’s ten must-have rules. It’s the first film of the movement. Dogma is a state of mind that accepts the ideas and principles put forward to be true and as the absolute truth without any research, seeking evidence, reviewing, criticizing, or discussing. Just like taboos. Director…