Cut From the Dead

Turkey / Animation / 00:02:36 min

A bulky man with long messy hair and beard enters a graveyard, digs up a coffin, and then drags it into an abandoned shop. There, he performs a necromantic ritual to raise the corpse from the dead. After the spell is cast the man sits on a chair in front of a mirror, while the corpse rises back to life behind him. It extends its hand towards the man, but surprisingly starts cutting and styling the man’s hair. The plot turns out to be the wholesome reunion of a barber and his long-time client!
Wednesday, 21st Aug 20:00
Block 6
Cafe Cup


Film maker
Elif Dönmez, Deniz Koçyiğit

Elif Dönmez is a recent graduate from Bahcesehir University with a major in Cartoon and Animation and a 3.5 GPA. During school, she has also worked in the animation industry professionally for nearly three years as a concept designer and 3D character artist with one of the studios being Lighthouse VFX, a prolific animation company based in Istanbul. Making independent short films is an ideal endeavor for her since it is an open art form for trying experimental styles and lets one curate every detail on their own. Deniz Koçyiğit is an animator and aspiring filmmaker who recently graduated with a bachelor of arts degree from Bahcesehir University. He has nearly three years of experience as a professional animator and is still working in the field. Since he loves both the process of creating a story and telling it through animation, he has made creating independent films a goal for himself.