‘Moussem Cities Istanbul | New Dawn Fades by Gürcan Keltek ’

In the presence of the director.

It’s been years since Akın has been in and out of the hospital. He’s relentless, angry, and shell-shocked from being stuck in the system. Since his discharge, he’s well aware that his old life is long gone. He has become unable to leave his family house except for occasional visits to religious monuments in Istanbul. During those visits, he falls into a state of ecstasy as he tries to take refuge in God.  

Gürcan Keltek is a filmmaker whose work explores the meeting point of documentary and experimental fiction in telling stories of conflict, struggle and marginalisation in Turkish history. New Dawn Fades is his second fiction feature film and premiered at Locarno Film Festival 2024. 

Müge Turan, film curator at the Istanbul Museum of Modern Art, will moderate the conversation.