SPECIAL SCREENINGS
ALL ALONE
Director: Aziz Alaca
Türkiye / 2024 / Color / 110’ / Turkish
Screenplay: Aziz Alaca
Cinematography: Orçun Özkılınç
Editing: Aziz Alaca, Mesut Ulutaş
Cast: İlhan Şen, Ümit Beste Kargın, Renan Bilek, Yasemin Szawlowski, Barış Gönenen, Manolya Maya, Nejat Yavaşoğulları
Producer: Zöhre Koçkan Çelik
Tamer, who plays rock covers in bars in Ankara, decides to become a respected musician performing his own compositions. Leaving everything behind, he goes to İzmir, where the former rocker Engin Yaman has retreated, to take lessons from him. Along the way, he is accompanied by a diverse group: Tahir, a darbuka player; İpek, Engin Yaman's free-spirited daughter; Mickey, a hippie-minded venue owner; Mercan, a hotel proprietor; a bassist; Tuğba, a single mother; and even Roger Waters from Pink Floyd.
TRAILER
Aziz Alaca
He is a graduate of ITU’s Control and Computer Engineering program. He has participated in various cinema training programs at institutions such as the Directors’ Guild of Turkey, Munich Filmwerkstatt, and Berlin ISFF. After returning from Germany, where he stayed for about ten years, he directed numerous commercials and promotional films under Ankara Film House. In addition to advertising work, he has been involved in short films and documentary projects. In 2020, he directed the four-part documentary series Ankara Havası for Blutv. In 2022, his short film Göl Kenarı received the FIPRESCI award at the Istanbul Film Festival. In 2024, he wrote and directed the eleven-episode YouTube series Yüzüncü Yıl. He is currently preparing for the release of his first feature film Tek Başına and developing new projects.