Your Honour
Documentary Feature in development with Screen Scotland
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Synopsis
Trans law student Efruz lives under constant threat to her safety and well-being in today's authoritarian Turkey. Her friend Bircan films Efruz over the years as her dream of becoming a human rights lawyer is challenged more than ever, and where the two friends find hope from the past, in friendship and resistance infused with laughter.
The Project
Directed by Bircan Birol - a documentary filmmaker based between Scotland and Turkey.
Bircan's documentary 'My Name is Anik’ about her grandmother’s immigration was commissioned by Creative Scotland and premiered at Edinburgh International Film Festival.
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This project is in funded development with Screen Scotland and won the IDA pitch as part of Close up Initiative.
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