Pandora’s Box
Yeşim Ustaoğlu
Nusret has spent her entire life in a village on the Black Sea coast; her three adult children moved to Istanbul long ago. One day, they receive news that their mother has disappeared without a trace. Only her grandson Murat is able to communicate with his grandmother, who suffers from dementia.
San Sebastián International Film Festival 2008 | Golden Shell: Best Film
Yeşim Ustaoğlu
Turkish director and screenwriter Yeşim Ustaoğlu was born in 1960 in Çaykara. After completing several award-winning shorts, she made her feature film debut in 1994 with The Trace. Her 1999 film, Journey to the Sun received international recognition and was awarded with the Blue Angel at the Berlin Film Festival, among others. Her other films Waiting for the Clouds, Pandora’s Box, and Araf also won several awards at festivals internationally.
Films by Yeşim Ustaoğlu
Araf (Somewhere in-between) 2012 | Pandora’nın kutusu (Pandora’s Box) 2008 | Sirtlarindaki hayat (Short) 2004 | Bulutları beklerken (Waiting for the Clouds) 2003 | Güneşe Yolculuk (Journey to the Sun) 1999 | İz (The Trace) 1994 | Hotel (Short) 1992 | Duet (Short) 1990| Magnafantagna (Short) 1987 | Bir ani yakalamak (Short) 1984
