Dormitory (film)

Dormitory (Turkish: Yurt) is a 2023 Turkish-German-French coming-of-age drama film written and directed by Nehir Tuna, at his feature film debut.

The film premiered at the 80th edition of the Venice Film Festival, in the Horizons sidebar.

Cast

 * Doğa Karakaş as Ahmet
 * Can Bartu Aslan as Hakan
 * Ozan Çelik as Yakup
 * Tansu Biçer as the father
 * Didem Ellialti as the mother

Production
For the film, Nehir Tuna drew on his own experience attending a religious boarding school for five years. The film is a sequel of his award-winning short film The Shoes, and is a co-production by Turkish company TN Yapım, German Red Balloon Film GmbH, and French Ciné-Sud Promotion, with support from the Sundance Fellowship for Production and Development. Filming took place in Izmir, in the Aegean Region of Turkey, between 2019 and 2022.

Release
The film Horizons section at the 80th Venice International Film Festival. The film was also screened at the 2023 Marrakech International Film Festival, where Doğa Karakaş was awarded best actor.

Reception
The film was described as 'a pleasant surprise, offering the paradoxical story of a teenager caught between religious tensions and explosions of testosterone.'