Gonella Productions

LANGUAGE: Turkish | SUBTITLES: English

Genre: Documentary
Running Time: 1 hour and 32 minutes
Year of production: 2022

SYNOPSIS

“This is Not Me” tells the story of gay men who have had to marry women to hide their sexual orientation in the face of societal and family pressure in Turkey. The driving character of the film, Mustafa, is Mehmet’s lover of 15 years. Mustafa describes Mehmet as a “homophobic homosexual.” During the first couple of years of their relationship Mehmet violently abused Mustafa because of guilt. In the film we see Mustafa trying to put this very passionate but equally traumatic relationship in the past. Mehmet, however, has no desire to let go of Mustafa.

PRODUCTION AND DISTRIBUTION

Production Company: Kader Gülşen & Zekiye Bakırhan
Film exports/World sales: Gonella Productions

CAST

Mustafa
Mehmet
Yusuf

MAIN CREDITS

Director: Jeyan Kader Gülşen & Zekiye Kaçak Bakırhan
Screenwriter: Zekiye Kaçak Bakırhan & Jeyan Kader Gülşen
Producer: Jeyan Kader Gülşen
Director of Photography: Christian Feiland
Sound: Ahmet Suat Alhan & Samet Yılmaz & Görkem Barçın
Editing: Jeyan Kader Gülşen & Zekiye Kaçak Bakırhan
Sound Editing: Cenker Kökten
Music Composer: Vedat Yıldırım & Cansun Küçüktürk

TECHNICAL DETAILS

Genre: Documentary
Sub-genre: LGBTQ+ - QUEER
Language: Turkish
Country of origin: Turkey
Year of production: 2022
Total running time: 1 hour and 32 minutes
Shooting format: HD
Color type: Color
Aspect ratio: 16:9
Sound format: Sterio

AWARDS

“6. International Woman Directors Film Festival”
“Best Documentary Award”
“29. International Adana Golden Boll Film Festival”
“Best Documentary Award “ (Mansion)
"6. Cinema d'iDEA International Women's Film Festival" Rome
“International Courage Award”

FESTIVAL SELECTIONS

“41. International Istanbul Film Festival”: Istanbul - Turkey
National Documentary Competition
“Flying Broom International Women's Film Festival: Ankara - Turkey
“29. International Adana Golden Boll Film Festival”: Adana - Turkey
Best Documentary Award (Mansion)
“24. Thessaloniki International G.L.A.D Film Festival”: Thessaloniki - Greece
“33. Ankara Film Festival”: Ankara - Turkey
“6. International Woman Directors Film Festival”: İzmir - Turkey
Best Documentary Award
“L'Heure d'Hiver film festival” (Festival Closing Film): Brussels - Belgium
“34. Türkische Filmtage”: München - Germany
“South East European Film Festival”: Los Angeles - United States
"Cinema d'iDEA International Women's Film Festival": Rome - Italy
“International Courage Award”
“International Ayvalık Film Festival”: Balıkesir - Turkey
“41. Reeling Chicago Lgbtq+ International Film Festival”: Chicago - United States
“5. Taste Of Anatolia Film Festival”: London -England
“2. Turkish Film Festival Berlin”: Berlin -Germany
“21. Festival Du Cinema De Turquie Paris”: Paris - France