Block E, No. 5

Block E, No. 5

by Çağla Gillis (13 min) 13 min | 2025

Through everyday gestures, sound, and spatial memory, the film reflects on displacement, home, and the affective residue of inhabiting places in transition.

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Categories: Dokumentarfilm, Experimentalfilm, Kurzfilm

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Block E, No. 5

A film by Çağla Gillis

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A film by
Çağla Gillis

Year

2025

Runtime

13 min

Subtitles

Englisch

Language

Türkisch

Genre

Dokumentarfilm , Experimentalfilm , Kurzfilm

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Block E, No. 5 | BlockENo5_02

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Synopsis

Çağla moves to Austria for university, facing the loneliness of a temporary dormitory, a liminal space that shapes her emotional journey. Meanwhile, her family in Istanbul struggles with the uncertainty and frustration of living in a rented apartment. Their home, demolished due to aggressive urban policies under the guise of earthquake risk prevention, remains incomplete for years. Through intimate yet online conversations, they share their longing for belonging, the weight of waiting, and the mundane tasks of daily life. In these cold, fractured spaces, time seems to blur, and memories echo as voices.

Awards & Festivals

Diagonale – Festival of Austrian Film

Hisar Kısa Film Seçkisi

West Virginia Mountaineer Short Film Festival

Crossing Europe Film Festival

2025 | Local Artist Competition

Improper Walls

Darağaç Film Festivali

Documentarist Istanbul Documentary Days

Gümüşlük Akademisi Film Çalışmaları

aCinema

Visible Evidence Conference

Çalı Köy Filmleri Festivali

Ars Electronica

Ayvalık International Film Festival

BestOFF

Kurzfilmfestival Kufstein

Görültü

Beijing International Short Film Festival

2025 | International Competition

Izmir International Documentary Festival

International Labor Film Festival

AFSAD International Short Film Festival

Film Critics Association

2026 | Best Short Documentary Film Award

Cast

with

Sadık Çalışkan , Alican Çalışkan , Sevingül Çalışkan , Gülay Doygun , Çağla Gillis

Credits

Çağla Gillis

Director, DOP, camera operator, Editor

Director of Photography

camera operator

Çağla Gillis, Tolga Karaaslan, Irem Çakır

Çağla Gillis, Zeynep Demirhan

Andreea-Mandi Vladut, Sashe Urdovski

Ellinor Brandenburg

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