FFG2026 FESTIVAL PROGRAM
wednesday 14 october
beş kapılar castle
Festival Opening– 18:30-20:30
Music-Artwork-Cocktail-Films
Opening Films
A Wolf in the Suburbs
Canada | 2026 | 19′ English (Turkish subtitles)
Siyah Kalem
Türkiye | 2025 | 31′ | Turkish (English subtitles)
thursday 15 october
reha midilli cultural centre
11:00-11:45
The Oracle
Türkiye | 2025 | 20′ | Turkish (English subtitles)
Good Enough Not to Die – Asklepion Diary
Türkiye | 2025 | 17′ Turkish (English subtitles)
12:00-13:30
Süheyla
Türkiye | 2025 | 15′ | Turkish (English subtitles)
Melody in the Shadow
Türkiye | 2026 | 20′ Turkish (English subtitles)
**Post-film Q&A with director M. Emin Demiral and director Gamze Bilgin
Music – Ümran Baradan GSL
Chamber Orchestra
14:00-15:30
A Story of Transformation
Türkiye | 2026 | 20′ Turkish (English subtitles)
Water, Fire and the Trumpet of Fame
Russia | 2026 | 23′ | Russian (Turkish subtitles)
**Post-film Q&A with directors Ceyhun Bağcı&Mehmet Köprü and Valeria Gorbunova
15:30-17:20
Porunai
India | 2025 | 87′ | Tamil (Turkish subtitles)
17.30-18.15 Walking Tour : Temple of Athena
18:30-19:35
Doormat Harvest
USA | 2026 | 19′ English (Turkish subtitles)
The Cycle
Türkiye | 2025 | 44′ | Turkish (English subtitles)
Post-film presentation: Ebrucan Kalecik, WWF Türkiye
20:30-22:30
Circusboy
Germany | 2025 | 86′ German (Turkish subtitles)
**Post-film Q&A with director Anna Koch
friday 16 october
reha midilli cultural centre
11:00-11:50
Wind’s Heritage
Iran | 2024 | 30′ | Farsi (English & Turkish subtitles)
Dara, Empire of Stone
Türkiye | 2026 | 20′ Turkish (English subtitles)
13:00-14:45
Belleville Kitchen
France | 2025 | 72′ French ((Turkish subtitles)
**Post-film Q&A with director Marine Gautier
15:00-15:45
The Art of Kintsugi
Türkiye | 2024 | 10′ Turkish (English subtitles)
Requiem in Salt
Cyprus | 2024 | 17′ | Japanese (English & Turkish subtitles)
A Color I Named Blue
Japan | 2024 | 17′ Japanese (English & Turkish subtitles)
16:00-17:45
Cranium C – A Legacy of Global Paleoanthropological Heritage
Croatia | 2025 | 12′ Croatian-English (Turkish subtitles)
Ancient Symphonies: Etruscans
İtalya | 2026 | 52′ Italian (Turkish subtitles)
**Post-screening presentation, Istanbul Italian Cultural Centre Acting Director Archaeologist Andrea Balletta
18:00-19:30
Báaxpee: This Land
ABD | 2026 | 30′ English (Turkish subtitles)
The Wedding of the Pirs
Türkiye | 2025 | 20′ Turkish (English subtitles)
**Post-film Q&A with directors Yalçın Çiftçi and Robin Starbuck
20:30-22:30
The Last Nest
Türkiye | 2024 | 5′ | Türkçe Turkish (English subtitles)
Spirit Animal
Canada-Italy-Portugal | 2025 | 90′ | Kazakh-Mongolian (Turkish subtitles)
**Post-film Q%A with directors Yuri Pirondi and İnes Von Bonhurst
saturday 17 october
reha midilli cultural centre
10.00-10.45 Walking Tour : Foça Town Centre
11:00-11:45
King Chronicles and Urartian Cuneiform
Türkiye | 2025 | 9′ Turkish (English subtitles)
I am 12,000 Years Old
Türkiye | 2026 | 30′ Turkish (English subtitles)
12:00-13:30
HisTroy
Türkiye | 2025 | 49′ Turkish (English subtitles)
**Post-screening talk with director Ülkü Sönmez and archaeologist Ridvan Gölcük
14:00-15:10
The Color of Freedom
Türkiye | 2026 | 25′ | Turkish (English subtitles)
Kirkit
Türkiye | 2026 | 15′ Turkish (English subtitles)
**Post-screening talk with director Mert Solak
15:30-16:30
City Studies
Russia | 2025 | 57′ Russian (Turkish subtitles)
16:30-18:15
Tumuli of Ankara
Türkiye | 2025 | 20′ | Turkish (English subtitles)
Neonteikhos – Antik Bir Yolun Modern Hikayesi
Türkiye | 2021 | 38′ | Turkish (English subtitles)
**Post-screening talk with director Kadir Uluç, director Alkım Un and archaeologist Kılıçhan Seymen
18:30-20:00
Bocuk: An Ancient Ritual
Türkiye | 2025 | 15′ Turkish (English subtitles)
Representations
Greece | 2025 | 42′ | Greek (Turkish subtitles)
**Post-screening talk with directors Nikoleta Leousi & Eirini Steirou
21:00-22:30
Black Zombie
Canada | 2025 | 90′ English-French-Haitian (Turkish subtitles)
sunday 18 october
9.00-12.00 Visit to Neonteikhos
maritime museum
11:00-16:00
Short Films, Rewind (Loop of short docs begins again on the hour)
Workshops
(Mosaics, Painting, Photography)
reha midilli cultural centre
16:00-17:20
Who Was There in Our Absence?
Türkiye | 2026 | 26′ | Turkish (English subtitles)
Tracing the Goats
Türkiye | 2025 | 26′ Turkish (English subtitles)
The Allure of Wood
Türkiye | 2026 | 30′ Turkish (English subtitles)
19:00-21:45
Foça Film Platform-Foça Agora Lab Workshop Films
Followed by a short conversation and a short break
Kardeş Türküleri – Songs of Fraternity
Türkiye | 2025 | 107′ Turkish (English subtitles)
