Turkey

38′28″, 2022.

DIRECTED BY

Şahin Yiğit

PRODUCED BY

SCRIPTWRITER 

Meltem Yılmaz

CINEMATOGRAPHER

EDITED BY

Şahin Yiğit

  Although it takes its name from the Ottoman soldier who first hoisted the flag on the East Roman walls during the conquest of Istanbul, Ulubatlı Hasan is a neighborhood – referred to as a “crime center” since the 1950s – marked by defeats rather than victories. Almost everyone, even children, has one or more offenses on their record. Adana Çukurova plain is one of the most fertile agricultural areas in the world. We draw attention to the injustice of income in this abundance and abundance. Poverty brings with it crime and the following words of a poet come to mind. If you dig up the criminal, a human will come out.

Şahin Yiğit started his career in the cinema industry as a camera assistant. His first feature film, Once Upon a Time (2016) participated in festivals in Turkey as well as abroad. Since 2017, he attained more than 90 awards in international festivals.