Dormitory

Dormitory (2024)

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Forced to leave the comfort of his middle class lifestyle at his father's behest, fourteen-year-old Ahmet is sent to an all-boys religious dormitory where he must navigate familial expectations, his religious obligations, and the childhood to which he so desperately clings.

Date of release
2024-04-03
TMDB
6.3 / 10 (19)
Runtime
1h 58m
Genres
Drama
Director
Nehir Tuna

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Filmed in: İzmir

Dormitory is a 2023 coming-of-age drama film written and directed by Nehir Tuna, at his feature film debut.

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.

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