Deniz Tortum RC 08 Wins Awards for Latest Film

Deniz Tortum (RC 08)

Deniz Tortum’s film Maddenin Halleri (States of Matter), which had its global preview at the Rotterdam Film Festival and Turkish premier at the 57th Antalya Altın Portakal Film Festival, has won three awards so far: Best Film and Best Director at the Accessible Film Festival, and Best Documentary at Altın Portakal. When asked what inspired him to make this movie, Tortum states, “I grew up in a family of doctors. My father has worked at Cerrahpaşa for most of his career. In 2015, there were rumors that Cerrahpaşa was going to be demolished, so I started shooting this film as an impulse to archive. I wanted to make a film about life in the hospital, a film that attempts to understand the psyche of the healthcare workers and explores the hospital from multiple perspectives - doctors, nurses, patients, cats, buildings.” Read more in this issue: RC Quarterly Winter 2020/2021.